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To provide for a COVID-19-related delay regarding annual limitation on cost-sharing for group health plans and individual and small group health insurance coverage.

Introduced: August 14, 2020 See on congress.gov
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Jul 16, 2020
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jul 16, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jul 16, 2020
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill delays until the first calendar year that is 12 months after the end of the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency the application of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) rule dated May 14, 2020. That rule allows private health insurance plans to decide whether support provided by a prescription drug manufacturer to cover a patient's costs for a drug counts toward the patient's annual out-of-pocket limit. The bill requires enforcement of the previous rule, which allows plans to exclude drug manufacturer support from a patient's annual out-of-pocket limit only if a generic version of the drug is available.

What's happening now July 16, 2020

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 28
All 28 Democratic 19 Republican 2
D
Craig, Angie
Minnesota · Dec 8, 2020
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Dec 2, 2020
 D
Veasey, Marc A.
Texas · Dec 2, 2020
 D
Schneider, Bradley Scott
Illinois · Oct 2, 2020
 R
Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · Sep 11, 2020
 D
Keating, William R.
Massachusetts · Sep 11, 2020
PETERSON, COLLIN
· Sep 11, 2020
Schrader, Kurt
· Sep 1, 2020
RUSH, BOBBY
· Aug 21, 2020
 D
Aguilar, Pete
California · Aug 14, 2020
 D
Barragán, Nanette Diaz
California · Aug 14, 2020
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Aug 14, 2020
 D
Correa, J. Luis
California · Aug 14, 2020
 D
Gonzalez, Vicente
Texas · Aug 14, 2020
HASTINGS, ALCEE
· Aug 14, 2020
 D
Kelly, Robin L.
Illinois · Aug 14, 2020
 D
Lieu, Ted
California · Aug 14, 2020
 D
McBath, Lucy
Georgia · Aug 14, 2020
O'Halleran, Tom
· Aug 14, 2020
 D
Soto, Darren
Florida · Aug 14, 2020
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Van Drew, Jefferson
New Jersey · Aug 14, 2020
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Blunt Rochester, Lisa
Delaware · Jul 23, 2020
Butterfield, G. K.
· Jul 23, 2020
 D
Gallego, Ruben
Arizona · Jul 23, 2020
 D
Suozzi, Thomas R.
New York · Jul 23, 2020
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Jul 23, 2020
Davis, Rodney
· Jul 16, 2020
 D
Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · Jul 16, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7647: To provide for a COVID-19-related delay regarding annual limitation on cost-sharing for group health plans and individual and small group health insurance coverage.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7647/
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"H.R. 7647: To provide for a COVID-19-related delay regarding annual limitation on cost-sharing for group health plans and individual and small group health insurance coverage.." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7647/.
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H.R. 7647, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7647/.
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