MORE Health Education Act

Bill: 116-s-455
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2019-02-12
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government information and archives

Health care costs and insurance

Health care coverage and access

Health information and medical records
Latest action: action_date: 2019-02-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-02-12
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Marketing and Outreach Restoration to Empower Health Education Act of 2019 or the MORE Health Education Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to conduct outreach and educational activities regarding federally-facilitated exchanges (i.e., health insurance exchanges that are established and operated within states by HHS). The activities must inform potential enrollees of the availability of coverage and related financial assistance under the exchanges and must be provided in culturally and linguistically appropriate formats.</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 455 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 12, 2019 Mrs. Shaheen (for herself, Mr. Peters , and Mr. Kaine ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide for Federal Exchange outreach and educational activities.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Marketing and Outreach Restoration to Empower Health Education Act of 2019 or the MORE Health Education Act . 2. Federal Exchange outreach and ed­u­ca­tion­al activities Section 1321(c) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( 42 U.S.C. 18041(c) ) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (3) Outreach and educational activities (A) In general In the case of an Exchange established or operated by the Secretary within a State pursuant to this subsection, the Secretary shall carry out outreach and educational activities for purposes of informing potential enrollees in qualified health plans offered through the Exchange of the availability of coverage under such plans and financial assistance for coverage under such plans. Such outreach and educational activities shall be provided in a manner that is culturally and linguistically appropriate to the needs of the populations being served by the Exchange (including hard-to-reach populations, such as racial and sexual minorities, limited English proficient populations, and young adults). (B) Limitation on use of funds No funds appropriated under this paragraph may be used for expenditures for promoting health insurance coverage that does not meet Federal patient protection standards, as defined in subparagraph (C). (C) Federal patient protection standards For purposes of subparagraph (B), health insurance coverage that does not meet Federal patient protection standards means any health insurance coverage that is not a qualified health plan, as defined in section 1301. Such coverage that does not meet Federal patient protection standards includes association health plans and short-term, limited-duration insurance plans. (D) Funding Out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, there are hereby appropriated for fiscal year 2020 and each subsequent fiscal year, $100,000,000 to carry out this paragraph. Funds appropriated under this subparagraph shall remain available until expended. . 3. Determination of budgetary effects The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by reference to the latest statement titled Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation for this Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, provided that such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.