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H.R. 4195 118th Congress House

Empowering Parents’ Healthcare Choices Act of 2021

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

Official title: To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow parental choice in the selection of primary health insurance coverage or primary coverage under a group health plan for certain dependent children.

Introduced: June 16, 2023 Introduced by: Sharice Davids Democratic · Kansas See on congress.gov
Health Child healthFamily relationshipsHealth care costs and insuranceHealth care coverage and access
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This bill died when the 118th Congress ended
It never became law before the 118th Congress (2023–2024) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Dec 17, 2024
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 23, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 16, 2023
Introduced in House
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.
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 Latest action December 17, 2024

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 4636 Reintroduction of Empowering Parents’ Healthcare Choices Act of 2021
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 5
D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Feb 13, 2024
Kuster, Ann
· Jan 3, 2024
 D
Brownley, Julia
California · Dec 14, 2023
Cárdenas, Tony
· Jul 6, 2023
 D
Castor, Kathy
Florida · Jun 16, 2023
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jun 16, 2023
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Jun 16, 2023
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4195: Empowering Parents’ Healthcare Choices Act of 2021. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-4195/
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"H.R. 4195: Empowering Parents’ Healthcare Choices Act of 2021." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-4195/.
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H.R. 4195, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-4195/.
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