3.0.0 4329 2023-01-11T13:45:35Z 2023-01-11T13:45:35Z Senate S 2020-07-27 116 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-07-27T23:11:07Z Worker Health Coverage Protection Act 116 4714 S 2020-09-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S5869-5874) Related bill CRS 2020-07-27 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2020-07-27 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001197 Sen. McSally, Martha [R-AZ] Martha McSally R AZ N D000618 Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] Steve Daines R MT 2020-07-27 True C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2020-07-27 True S001198 Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK] Dan Sullivan R AK 2020-07-27 True T000476 Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] Thomas Tillis R NC Roland 2020-09-09 False Health Appropriations Civil actions and liability Congressional oversight Consumer affairs Disability assistance Employee benefits and pensions Employment discrimination and employee rights Employment taxes Government information and archives Government trust funds Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Medicare Religion Social security and elderly assistance Unemployment Health 00 2020-07-27 Introduced in Senate 2020-09-25T16:35:17Z Continuous Health Coverage for Workers Act

This bill provides health insurance premium assistance through 2020 for individuals who become unemployed, are furloughed, or receive a reduction in hours. Specifically, the bill treats premiums as paid for individuals who pay a specified minimum amount toward the premium and (1) are terminated from employment and elect to continue insurance coverage through the COBRA (Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act) program, (2) receive a greater than 30% reduction in paid hours but remain eligible for coverage under a group health plan, or (3) have been terminated or receive reduced hours for the duration of time that their employers voluntarily offer coverage under a church health plan.

The bill also specifies requirements for individuals changing, or enrolling in, health plans under the program.

Additionally, the bill requires employers to provide eligible individuals specified written notice about the premium assistance program, including, among other information, available health plan enrollment options and the date that such assistance expires.

The Department of the Treasury must reimburse employers, group health plans, and insurance issuers through a payroll tax credit or refund for unpaid premiums that were treated as paid under the program.

Premium assistance is not considered income for federal income tax purposes.

]]> Continuous Health Coverage for Workers Act Display Title Continuous Health Coverage for Workers Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Continuous Health Coverage for Workers Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide premium assistance for COBRA continuation coverage, church plan continuation coverage, and furloughed continuation coverage for individuals and their families. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4329is/xml/BILLS-116s4329is.xml 2020-07-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.