3.0.0 2806 2023-01-11T13:17:05Z 2023-01-11T13:17:05Z Senate S S 2009-11-19 111 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-11-19T23:57:42Z America's Healthy Future Act of 2009 111 1796 S 2009-10-19 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 184. Related bill CRS 2009-11-19 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2009-11-19 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress E000194 Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV] JOHN ENSIGN R NV N C000174 Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] Thomas Carper D DE R. 2009-11-19 True Health Congressional oversight Disability and health-based discrimination Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Health care costs and insurance Health promotion and preventive care Health 00 2009-11-19 Introduced in Senate 2010-03-17T20:49:13Z Building Efforts for Wellness and Encouraging Longer Lives Act or the BE WELL Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish standards for programs of health promotion and disease prevention (wellness programs), including a system of rewards and reimbursements for voluntarily adopting healthy behaviors, including participation in fitness and smoking cessation programs. Applies such standards to group plans under the Public Health Service Act and federal employee health benefit plans.

Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a 10-state demonstration project to apply wellness program standards to state health insurance plans.

]]> Building Efforts for Wellness and Encouraging Longer Lives Act Display Title Building Efforts for Wellness and Encouraging Longer Lives Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to codify and enhance existing regulations designed to encourage individuals to adopt healthy behaviors through voluntary participation in programs of health promotion and disease prevention. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Building Efforts for Wellness and Encouraging Longer Lives Act Short Titles as Introduced BE WELL Act Introduced in Senate 2009-11-19T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s2806is/xml/BILLS-111s2806is.xml 2009-11-19 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.