3.0.0 2175 2023-01-11T13:26:44Z 2023-01-11T13:26:44Z Senate S S 2014-03-27 113 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2014-03-27T20:10:27Z 2014-03-27 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2014-03-27 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA N S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2014-03-27 True M001183 Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV] Joseph Manchin D WV 2014-03-27 True W000805 Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] Mark Warner D VA R. 2014-03-27 True H001069 Sen. Heitkamp, Heidi [D-ND] Heidi Heitkamp D ND 2014-03-27 True B001265 Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] Mark Begich D AK 2014-03-27 True Health Comprehensive health care Consumer affairs Government information and archives Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Insurance industry and regulation Health 00 2014-03-27 Introduced in Senate 2014-08-26T20:32:33Z Enhancing Access for Agents and Brokers Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a toll-free customer service support help line to enable certified health insurance agents and brokers to seek assistance regarding qualified health plans offered in the federal health insurance marketplace.

Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to require the Secretary to establish procedures to permit a broker name and National Producer Number to be added to an application for enrollment in a health plan offered through a health care exchange at any time during the application process and for any enrollment period.

Requires such procedures to ensure that the National Producer Number is designed to assist consumers in obtaining needed assistance to complete enrollment, ensure that brokers are adequately compensated, and provide consumer protections by identifying each agent or broker that has worked on an enrollment case.

Directs the Secretary to:

  • make available on the federal government website for health insurance coverage a list of all certified agents and brokers;
  • contract with the National Insurance Producers Registry to regularly verify the licensure status of all such agents and brokers and develop a mechanism to enable submission of changes to contact and licensure information; and
  • provide trained navigators, agents, and brokers, no later than five business days after promulgation or issuance of any new cost- or enrollment-related policies, with a clear description of such policy changes.
]]> Enhancing Access for Agents and Brokers Act Display Title Enhancing Access for Agents and Brokers Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to enhance access for independent agents and brokers to information regarding marketplace enrollment. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Enhancing Access for Agents and Brokers Act Introduced in Senate 2014-03-27T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s2175is/xml/BILLS-113s2175is.xml 2014-03-27 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.