3.0.0 1653 2023-01-11T13:30:39Z 2023-01-11T13:30:39Z Senate S 2015-06-23 114 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-06-23T21:23:11Z 2015-06-23 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2015-06-23 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001075 Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] Bill Cassidy R LA N 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 2015-06-23 Introduced in Senate 2015-09-22T21:57:16Z Equalizing the Playing Field for Agents and Brokers Act

Directs the Department 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 HHS 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.
]]> Equalizing the Playing Field for Agents and Brokers Act Display Title Equalizing the Playing Field 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 Equalizing the Playing Field for Agents and Brokers Act Introduced in Senate 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1653is/xml/BILLS-114s1653is.xml 2015-06-23 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.