[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3991 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3991

 To establish a special enrollment period for health plans offered on 
 the Exchanges, in response to the public health emergency related to 
                         the coronavirus 2019.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 17, 2020

  Ms. Duckworth (for herself and Mr. Durbin) introduced the following 
  bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
 To establish a special enrollment period for health plans offered on 
 the Exchanges, in response to the public health emergency related to 
                         the coronavirus 2019.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Coronavirus 2019 Special Enrollment 
Period Act''.

SEC. 2. SPECIAL ENROLLMENT PERIOD.

    Section 1311(c)(6) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care 
Act (42 U.S.C. 18031(c)(6)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(E) a special enrollment period that begins on 
                July 1, 2020, and ends on October 1, 2020.''.
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