No Junk Plans Act

Bill: 116-s-1556
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2019-05-21
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Department of Health and Human Services

Department of Labor

Department of the Treasury

Health care costs and insurance

Health care coverage and access
Latest action: action_date: 2019-05-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-05-21
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>No Junk Plans Act</b><br> <br> This bill nullifies a rule by the Department of Treasury, the Department of Labor, and the Department of Health and Human Services regarding short-term, limited-duration health insurance plans.</p> <p>Short-term, limited-duration health insurance plans are plans that may only offer coverage for a limited amount of time under law and that are exempt from the market requirements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (e.g., coverage of individuals with preexisting conditions). The rule increases the maximum authorized duration of such plans from less than 3 months (including renewals) to an initial maximum duration of less than 12 months (with a total duration of up to 36 months, including renewals). The rule took effect October 2, 2018.</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1556 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 21, 2019 Ms. Baldwin (for herself, Mr. Jones , Mr. Bennet , Mr. Blumenthal , Mr. Booker , Mr. Brown , Ms. Cantwell , Mr. Cardin , Mr. Carper , Mr. Casey , Mr. Coons , Ms. Cortez Masto , Ms. Duckworth , Mr. Durbin , Mrs. Feinstein , Mrs. Gillibrand , Ms. Harris , Ms. Hassan , Mr. Heinrich , Ms. Hirono , Mr. Kaine , Mr. King , Ms. Klobuchar , Mr. Leahy , Mr. Manchin , Mr. Markey , Mr. Menendez , Mr. Merkley , Mr. Murphy , Mrs. Murray , Mr. Peters , Mr. Reed , Ms. Rosen , Mr. Sanders , Mr. Schatz , Mr. Schumer , Mrs. Shaheen , Ms. Sinema , Ms. Smith , Ms. Stabenow , Mr. Tester , Mr. Udall , Mr. Van Hollen , Mr. Warner , Ms. Warren , Mr. Whitehouse , and Mr. Wyden ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To provide that the rule entitled Short-Term, Limited Duration Insurance shall have no force or effect.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Junk Plans Act . 2. Short-term limited duration insurance rule prohibition The Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary of Labor may not take any action to implement, enforce, or otherwise give effect to the rule entitled Short-Term, Limited Duration Insurance (83 Fed. Reg. 38212 (August 3, 2018)), and the Secretaries may not promulgate any substantially similar rule.