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H.R. 6712 116th Congress House

American Healthshare Plans Act of 2020

Official title: To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to allow health share pools to be deemed an employer under section 3(5) of such Act for purposes o… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to allow health share pools to be deemed an employer under section 3(5) of such Act for purposes of offering a group health plan or group health insurance coverage, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 5, 2020 Introduced by: John R. Curtis Republican · Utah See on congress.gov
Health Employee benefits and pensionsHealth care costs and insuranceHealth care coverage and access
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
May 5, 2020
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 Latest action May 5, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

American Healthshare Plans Act of 2020

This bill permits entities such as self-employed companies and membership organizations to form healthshare pools to offer large group health insurance plans as a single employer. (In general, large group health plans cover employees of an employer that has 51 or more employees; in some states, large groups are defined as 101 employees or more.) Subject to specified nondiscrimination rules related to preexisting conditions and health status, healthshare pools must offer plans to all members or employees of the pool on an equal basis.

Healthshare pools are not considered joint employers for the purpose of other federal labor or employment laws.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Republican 3
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Fulcher, Russ
Idaho · May 15, 2020
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Banks, Jim
Indiana · May 14, 2020
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Arrington, Jodey C.
Texas · May 5, 2020
Hice, Jody
· May 5, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6712: American Healthshare Plans Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6712/
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