3.0.0 2236 2023-01-11T20:19:46Z 2023-01-11T20:19:46Z Senate S S 2007-10-25 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-10-25T19:55:51Z Preexisting Condition Exclusion Patient Protection Act of 2007 110 2833 HR 2008-03-20 Committee Hearings Held. Identical bill CRS 2007-10-25 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S13451) IntroReferral 2007-10-25 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S13450-13451) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-10-25 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000361 Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] JAY ROCKEFELLER D WV N Health Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Discrimination in insurance Discrimination in medical care Employee health benefits Finance and Financial Sector Health insurance Health insurance continuation Labor and Employment Health 00 2007-10-25 Introduced in Senate 2007-12-17T15:09:21Z Preexisting Condition Exclusion Patient Protection Act of 2007 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code to allow a group health plan to impose a preexisting condition exclusion only if: (1) such exclusion relates to a condition for which medical advice, diagnosis, care, or treatment was recommended or received within the 30-day period ending on the enrollment date; and (2) such exclusion extends not more than three months, or nine months for a late enrollee, after the enrollment date.

Applies such requirement to coverage offered in the individual market. Allows an issuer of individual health insurance coverage to impose a preexisting condition exclusion for a period of not more than three months under certain circumstances.

Revises provisions that prohibit health insurance issuers that offer health insurance coverage in the individual market from declining to offer coverage or imposing any preexisting condition exclusion on coverage to an eligible individual to remove eligibility requirements that require an individual to have: (1) elected COBRA continuation coverage, if it was offered; and (2) exhausted such continuation coverage, if elected.

]]> Preexisting Condition Exclusion Patient Protection Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide additional limitations on preexisting condition exclusions in group health plans and health insurance coverage in the group and individual markets. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Preexisting Condition Exclusion Patient Protection Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Preexisting Condition Exclusion Patient Protection Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-10-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2236is/xml/BILLS-110s2236is.xml 2007-10-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S13451) 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.