3.0.0 4675 2021-12-29T22:23:28Z 2023-01-01T08:49:58Z Senate S 2020-09-23 116 116 692 HR 2019-01-25 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 116 4159 HR 2019-08-05 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 116 1125 S 2019-04-10 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS 116 4796 S 2020-10-05 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS 116 8527 HR 2020-10-02 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, the Judiciary, Oversight and Reform, House Administration, Rules, the Budget, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Related bill CRS 2020-10-23 Senate Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. Floor 2020-10-20 Senate Motion to table the motion to proceed to the measure rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 45 - 52. Record Vote Number: 204. Floor 204 https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1162/vote_116_2_00204.xml Senate 116 2020-10-20T21:23:26Z 2 2020-10-20 Senate Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S6318) Floor 2020-10-20 Senate Motion to proceed to consideration of measure withdrawn in Senate. (CR S6318) Floor 2020-10-19 Senate Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S6051) Floor 2020-10-01 Senate Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S6011) Floor 2020-09-24 Senate Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 554. Calendars 2020-09-23 Senate Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. Calendars 2020-09-23 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000476 Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] Thomas Tillis R NC Roland N Health Disability and health-based discrimination Employee benefits and pensions Genetics Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Health information and medical records Health promotion and preventive care Insurance industry and regulation Medical tests and diagnostic methods Health

00 2020-09-23 Introduced in Senate 2020-10-28T17:03:01Z Protect Act

This bill adds, among other provisions, requirements to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 for private health insurance plans with respect to preexisting conditions, guaranteed enrollment, and discrimination based on health-related factors.

Specifically, the bill prohibits private health insurance plans from (1) limiting or excluding benefits covering preexisting conditions; (2) denying enrollment to employers or individual applicants, subject to specified limits; (3) establishing rules for eligibility based on an individual's health status; or (4) requiring an individual to a pay higher premium than similarly situated individuals enrolled in the plan based the individual's health status.

Additionally, the bill prohibits plans from collecting genetic information in connection with issuing health insurance and provides requirements for workplace wellness programs connected to health insurance.

This bill takes effect one day after enactment.

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