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H.R. 3550 117th Congress House

Primary and Behavioral Health Care Access Act of 2021

Official title: To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require gr… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group or individual health insurance coverage to provide for 3 primary care visits and 3 behavioral health care visits without application of any cost-sharing requirement.

Introduced: May 25, 2021 Introduced by: Lauren Underwood Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
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May 26, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 25, 2021
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.
May 25, 2021
Introduced in House
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 Latest action May 26, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Primary and Behavioral Health Care Access Act of 2021

This bill requires private health insurance plans to cover, without cost sharing, three primary care visits and three behavioral health care visits during a plan year.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 9133 Reintroduced Bill Primary and Behavioral Health Care Access Act of 2024
  • S 4905 Primary and Behavioral Health Care Access Act of 2022
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 3
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Hayes, Jahana
Connecticut · Mar 28, 2022
Manning, Kathy
· Mar 11, 2022
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Barragán, Nanette Diaz
California · Mar 7, 2022
Newman, Marie
· Mar 7, 2022
RUSH, BOBBY
· Mar 7, 2022
Porter, Katie
· May 25, 2021
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Schrier, Kim
Washington · May 25, 2021
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3550: Primary and Behavioral Health Care Access Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3550/
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"H.R. 3550: Primary and Behavioral Health Care Access Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3550/.
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H.R. 3550, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3550/.
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