3.0.0 3056 2023-01-13T04:47:52Z 2023-01-13T04:47:52Z House H HR 2005-06-24 109 hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing hsed02 Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Referred to 2005-07-25T13:30:20Z Referred to 2005-06-24T12:57:50Z 2005-07-25 hsed02 Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. Committee 2005-06-24 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2005-06-24 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2005-06-24 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress A000210 Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] ROBERT ANDREWS D NJ E. 1 N K000188 Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3] RON KIND D WI 3 2005-06-24 True Health Congress Congressional reporting requirements Electronic government information Employee health benefits Federal employees Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Government employees' health insurance Government publicity Health insurance Insurance premiums Internet Labor and Employment Medical economics Part-time employment Partnerships Public service advertising Science, Technology, Communications Self-employed Small business Subsidies Health 00 2005-06-24 Introduced in House 2005-07-29T15:21:28Z Small Employer Health Benefits Program Act of 2005 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to direct the Secretary of Labor to establish the Small Employer Health Benefits Program under which: (1) qualifying small employers are provided access to qualifying health insurance coverage for their employees; and (2) such employees may elect alternative forms of coverage offered by various health insurance issuers.

Limits such program to small employers that elect to: (1) offer health insurance coverage to each individual employed for three months or longer; and (2) pay at least half the total premium for qualifying health insurance coverage for such individual. Provides for coverage of part-time employees.

Requires the Secretary to enter into contracts with health insurance issuers for the offering of such insurance coverage.

Reduces by five percent the total premium otherwise payable by such employer if an average of fewer than 25 employees were employed during the preceding calendar year.

Requires the Secretary to provide premium subsidies (calculated according to specified formulae) to: (1) employers for coverage of employees whose individual income is at or below 200 percent of the poverty line; as well as (2) such employees.

]]> Small Employer Health Act of 2005 Display Title Small Employer Health Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced To amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide for the establishment in the Department of Labor of a Small Employer Health Benefits Program. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Small Employer Health Act of 2005 Introduced in House 2005-06-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr3056ih/xml/BILLS-109hr3056ih.xml 2005-07-25 Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. 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. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.