Pre-Existing Conditions Protection Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4506
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO]
Introduced: 2020-08-06
Policy area: Health
Latest action: action_date: 2020-08-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-08-06
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Pre-Existing Conditions Protection Act of 2020</b></p> <p>This bill specifies that private health insurers may not impose coverage exclusions, limitations, or charges based on preexisting conditions or health status. (Current law also prohibits such actions.)<br /></p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4506 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES August 6, 2020 Mr. Gardner introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To ensure coverage of pre-existing conditions under private health insurance, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Pre-Existing Conditions Protection Act of 2020 . 2. Pre-existing condition protections A group health plan and a health insurance issuer offering group or individual health insurance coverage may not impose any pre-existing condition exclusion with respect to such plan or coverage, factor health status into premiums or charges, exclude benefits relating to pre-existing conditions from coverage, or otherwise exclude benefits, set limits, or increase charges based on any pre-existing condition or health status.