3.0.0 2818 2020-02-10T17:01:58Z 2020-02-10T17:01:58Z Senate S S 2008-04-03 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-04-03T20:20:41Z 2008-04-03 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2008-04-03 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress E000285 Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] MICHAEL ENZI R WY B. N N000180 Sen. Nelson, Ben [D-NE] E. Nelson D NE Benjamin 2008-04-03 True G000445 Sen. Gregg, Judd [R-NH] Judd Gregg R NH 2008-04-03 True A000109 Sen. Allard, Wayne [R-CO] A. ALLARD R CO WAYNE 2008-04-14 False W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. 2008-05-01 False H001016 Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX] KAY HUTCHISON R TX BAILEY 2008-05-01 False B001135 Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] Richard Burr R NC Mauze 2008-05-01 False M000355 Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY] Mitch McConnell R KY 2008-06-03 False I000024 Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] Jim Inhofe R OK 2008-06-24 False Health Commerce Employee health benefits Federal advisory bodies Federal preemption Federal-state relations Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Health insurance Insurance premiums Labor and Employment Small business Standards State laws Health 00 2008-04-03 Introduced in Senate 2008-06-24T19:51:14Z Small Business Health Plans Act of 2008 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to provide for the establishment and governance of small business health plans, which are group health plans sponsored by trade, industry, professional, chamber of commerce, or similar business associations that meet ERISA certification requirements. Requires the Secretary of Labor to: (1) apply the rules and standards of this Act to Alternative Market Pooling Organizations, such as unions, churches, and other groups; and (2) consult with the domicile state regarding the Secretary's exercise of authority over such plans. Allows other existing plans to be treated as small business health plans under certain circumstances.

Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary) to promulgate Minimum Standards for premium variations and Model Small Group Rating Rules for plans under this Act.

Requires the Secretary to issue the List of Required Benefits of covered benefits, services, or categories of providers that are required to be provided by health insurance issuers in at least 26 states as a result of state mandate laws. Applies covered benefit, service, or category of provider mandates from the List to states with laws requiring such mandates, but does not apply such mandates from the List to states with no such laws. Supersedes any and all state laws relating to such mandates in the health insurance market.

Requires the Secretary to establish the Health Insurance Consensus Standards Board to develop recommendations that harmonize inconsistent state health insurance laws. Provides that any harmonized standards adopted by the Secretary will supersede state laws related to the areas covered by the harmonized standards.

]]> Small Business Health Plans Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Small Business Health Plans Act of 2008 Display Title Small Business Health Plans Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Public Health Service Act to provide for enhanced health insurance marketplace pooling and relating market rating. Introduced in Senate 2008-04-03T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2818is/xml/BILLS-110s2818is.xml 2008-04-03 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. 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.