A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Health and Human Services relating to "State Relief and Empowerment Waivers".

Bill: 116-sjres-52
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]
Introduced: 2019-07-31
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Congressional oversight

Department of Health and Human Services

Department of the Treasury

Health care costs and insurance

Health care coverage and access

State and local government operations
Latest action: action_date: 2019-10-30
text: Failed of passage in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 43 - 52. Record Vote Number: 337.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-07-31
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This joint resolution rescinds the State Relief and Empowerment Waivers guidance issued on October 24, 2018, which relaxes the criteria for states to obtain waivers from certain health insurance plan coverage requirements. </p>

tv_txt: IIA 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. J. RES. 52 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 31, 2019 Mr. Warner (for himself, Mr. Wyden , Mrs. Murray , Mr. Cardin , Mrs. Shaheen , Ms. Baldwin , Mr. Schumer , Mr. Leahy , Mr. Reed , Mr. Whitehouse , Mr. Brown , Ms. Hirono , Ms. Duckworth , Mr. Sanders , Mr. Tester , Mr. Schatz , Ms. Hassan , Ms. Klobuchar , Mr. Udall , Ms. Cantwell , Mr. Murphy , Mr. Merkley , Ms. Rosen , Mr. Casey , Ms. Smith , Mr. Kaine , Mr. Carper , Mr. Durbin , Mr. Coons , Mr. Menendez , Mr. Blumenthal , Mr. Booker , Mr. Markey , Mr. Peters , Mr. Bennet , Mrs. Feinstein , Mr. King , Ms. Cortez Masto , Mr. Van Hollen , Mr. Heinrich , Ms. Stabenow , Mrs. Gillibrand , Ms. Harris , Ms. Warren , Mr. Jones , Mr. Manchin , and Ms. Sinema ) introduced the following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance JOINT RESOLUTION Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Health and Human Services relating to State Relief and Empowerment Waivers .

That Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Health and Human Services relating to State Relief and Empowerment Waivers under section 1332 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (issued October 24, 2018, as a guidance and printed at 83 Fed. Reg. 53575, and a letter of opinion from the Government Accountability Office dated July 15, 2019, printed in the Congressional Record on July 17, 2019, on pages S4901–S4903, concluding that such guidance is a rule under the Congressional Review Act), and such rule shall have no force or effect.

tv_txt: IIA Calendar No. 278 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. J. RES. 52 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 31, 2019 Mr. Warner (for himself, Mr. Wyden , Mrs. Murray , Mr. Cardin , Mrs. Shaheen , Ms. Baldwin , Mr. Schumer , Mr. Leahy , Mr. Reed , Mr. Whitehouse , Mr. Brown , Ms. Hirono , Ms. Duckworth , Mr. Sanders , Mr. Tester , Mr. Schatz , Ms. Hassan , Ms. Klobuchar , Mr. Udall , Ms. Cantwell , Mr. Murphy , Mr. Merkley , Ms. Rosen , Mr. Casey , Ms. Smith , Mr. Kaine , Mr. Carper , Mr. Durbin , Mr. Coons , Mr. Menendez , Mr. Blumenthal , Mr. Booker , Mr. Markey , Mr. Peters , Mr. Bennet , Mrs. Feinstein , Mr. King , Ms. Cortez Masto , Mr. Van Hollen , Mr. Heinrich , Ms. Stabenow , Mrs. Gillibrand , Ms. Harris , Ms. Warren , Mr. Jones , Mr. Manchin , and Ms. Sinema ) introduced the following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance October 29, 2019 Committee discharged by petition, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 802(c) , and placed on the calendar JOINT RESOLUTION Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Health and Human Services relating to State Relief and Empowerment Waivers .

That Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Health and Human Services relating to State Relief and Empowerment Waivers under section 1332 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (issued October 24, 2018, as a guidance and printed at 83 Fed. Reg. 53575, and a letter of opinion from the Government Accountability Office dated July 15, 2019, printed in the Congressional Record on July 17, 2019, on pages S4901–S4903, concluding that such guidance is a rule under the Congressional Review Act), and such rule shall have no force or effect.

October 29, 2019 Committee discharged by petition, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 802(c) , and placed on the calendar