Coronavirus 2019 Special Enrollment Period Act

Bill: 116-s-3991
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
Introduced: 2020-06-17
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance

Health care coverage and access

State and local government operations
Latest action: action_date: 2020-06-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-06-17
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Coronavirus 2019 Special Enrollment Period Act</b></p> <p>This bill establishes a special enrollment period beginning July 1, 2020, and ending October 1, 2020, for health plans offered through health insurance exchanges.</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3991 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 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Coronavirus 2019 Special Enrollment Period Act . 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. .