116 HR 1884 IH: Protecting Pre-Existing Conditions and Making Health Care More Affordable Act of 2019 U.S. House of Representatives 2019-03-26 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I116th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 1884IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESMarch 26, 2019Mr. Pallone (for himself, Mr. Neal, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Hoyer, Ms. Schrier, Mr. Cisneros, Ms. DeGette, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mrs. Trahan, Mrs. Craig, Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire, Mr. Ruiz, Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Allred, Mrs. Bustos, Mrs. McBath, Mr. Luján, Mr. Ted Lieu of California, Mr. Peters, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Ms. Spanberger, Mr. Rouda, Ms. Underwood, Mr. Delgado, Mrs. Lee of Nevada, Ms. Blunt Rochester, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Gomez, Mrs. Dingell, Ms. Shalala, Ms. Frankel, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Sires, Mr. Soto, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Keating, Ms. Stevens, Ms. Sewell of Alabama, Mr. Trone, Mr. Rose of New York, Mrs. Kirkpatrick, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Lewis, Ms. Jayapal, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mr. Courtney, Ms. Sánchez, Mrs. Demings, Mrs. Murphy, Ms. Dean, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. Rush, Mr. Morelle, Ms. Hill of California, Mr. Higgins of New York, Mrs. Davis of California, Ms. Brownley of California, Mr. Pascrell, Ms. Slotkin, Mr. Engel, Mr. Kim, Mr. Blumenauer, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Cox of California, Mr. Takano, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Malinowski, Mr. Levin of Michigan, Mr. Golden, Mr. Van Drew, Ms. Mucarsel-Powell, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Espaillat, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Pingree, Ms. Norton, and Mr. Sablan) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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 concernedA BILLTo amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to improve affordability of, undo sabotage with respect to, and increase access to health insurance coverage, and for other purposes.

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Short title; table of contents

(a)

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Protecting Pre-Existing Conditions and Making Health Care More Affordable Act of 2019. (b)

Table of contents

The table of contents of this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Title I—Expanding Affordability Sec. 101. Improve affordability and reduce premium costs for consumers. Sec. 102. Expand affordability for working families. Title II—Undoing Sabotage Sec. 201. Protect comprehensive coverage for small businesses and workers. Sec. 202. Short-term limited duration insurance rule prohibition. Sec. 203. Ensure plans provide comprehensive benefits. Sec. 204. Providing for additional requirements with respect to the navigator program. Sec. 205. Federal Exchange outreach and educational activities. Sec. 206. Improve Health Insurance Affordability Fund. Sec. 207. Providing that certain guidance related to waivers for State innovation under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act shall have no force or effect. Title III—State Innovation and Transparency Sec. 301. Fund State health insurance education programs for consumers. Sec. 302. Fund State innovations to expand coverage. Sec. 303. Preserving State option to implement health care marketplaces. Sec. 304. Promote transparency and accountability in the Administration’s expenditures of Exchange user fees.