HR 4195
118th Congress
House
Health
Child health
Family relationships
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Empowering Parents’ Healthcare Choices Act of 2021
Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 17, 2024
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 23, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 16, 2023
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, 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.
Jun 16, 2023
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Empowering Parents' Healthcare Choices Act of 2021
This bill provides a 60-day time frame within which parents with separate health insurance plans may choose which plan provides primary coverage for their newborn child. The bill limits the application of certain standard health insurance provisions that determine which plan becomes the primary coverage of a dependent child based on the order of the parents' birthdays.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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