3.0.0 896 2023-01-11T13:47:37Z 2023-01-11T13:47:37Z Senate S 2021-03-23 117 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-03-23T15:55:16Z FLEX Act 117 742 HR 2021-02-04 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS Association Health Plans Act of 2021 117 4547 HR 2021-07-20 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. Related bill CRS Fair Care Act of 2022 117 8588 HR 2022-11-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet. Related bill CRS 2021-03-23 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2021-03-23 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000393 Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA] John Kennedy R LA Neely N S001197 Sen. Sasse, Ben [R-NE] Ben Sasse R NE 2021-03-25 False R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2021-04-14 False H001079 Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS] Cindy Hyde-Smith R MS 2021-04-14 False B001310 Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN] Mike Braun R IN 2021-04-20 False S001217 Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] Rick Scott R FL 2021-04-21 False Health Employee benefits and pensions Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Self-employed Small business Health 00 2021-03-23 Introduced in Senate 2021-06-10T20:28:02Z Association Health Plans Act of 2021

This bill provides statutory authority for certain short-term, limited-duration health insurance plans and association health plans.

The bill permits short-term, limited-duration plans to provide coverage for a period of less than 12 months, not including extensions. Under current law, such plans are exempt from certain market requirements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, such as coverage of individuals with preexisting conditions.

The bill further permits groups or associations of employers to sponsor fully insured group health plans as if they were employers. Such plans may not discriminate based on the health factors of any prospective plan participant for the purpose of granting an employer's membership in the association or determining a participant's eligibility for benefits or premium amounts.

]]> Association Health Plans Act of 2021 Display Title Association Health Plans Act of 2021 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to establish additional criteria for determining when employers may join together in a group or association of employers that will be treated as an employer under section 3(5) of such Act for purposes of sponsoring a group health plan, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Association Health Plans Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s896is/xml/BILLS-117s896is.xml 2021-03-23 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.