3.0.0 442 2022-02-03T06:06:14Z 2022-02-03T06:06:14Z Senate S S 2009-02-13 111 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-02-13T21:08:04Z Health Insurance Coverage Protection Act 111 1085 HR 2009-03-30 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS 2009-02-13 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2009-02-13 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000432 Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] BYRON DORGAN D ND LESLIE N S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. 2009-02-13 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2009-03-03 False T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2009-04-02 False Health Employee benefits and pensions Government studies and investigations Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Health 00 2009-02-13 Introduced in Senate 2009-03-03T20:56:50Z Health Insurance Coverage Protection Act - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and the Public Health Service Act to prohibit a group health plan from imposing an aggregate lifetime benefit limit of less than: (1) $5 million for the first two plan years; (2) $10 million for the third and fourth plan years; and (3) adjusted amounts based on the consumer price index for subsequent plan years. Excludes from such prohibition a group health plan offered to employees of a small employer, except upon request of the employer for a consistent limit.

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to contract with the Institute of Medicine for a study to determine the number of individuals who have reached the lifetime limitations set forth in this Act.

]]> Health Insurance Coverage Protection Act Short Titles as Introduced Health Insurance Coverage Protection Act Display Title Health Insurance Coverage Protection Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to impose a limitation on lifetime aggregate limits imposed by health plans. Introduced in Senate 2009-02-13T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s442is/xml/BILLS-111s442is.xml 2009-02-13 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.