Closing Health Coverage Gaps for Public Servants Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7045
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Porter, Katie [D-CA-45]
Introduced: 2022-03-09
Policy area: Health
Latest action: action_date: 2022-03-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-03-09
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Closing Health Coverage Gaps for Public Servants Act of 2022</b></p> <p>This bill eliminates the ability for nonfederal governmental group health plans to opt out of certain coverage requirements, such as parity in providing benefits for mental health and substance use disorder benefits.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7045 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 9, 2022 Ms. Porter (for herself and Mrs. Dingell ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To eliminate the opt-out for nonfederal governmental health plans.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Closing Health Coverage Gaps for Public Servants Act of 2022 . 2. Eliminating the opt-out for nonfederal governmental health plans Section 2722(a)(2) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300gg–21(a)(2) ) is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (F) Sunset of election option (i) In general Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this paragraph— (I) no election described in subparagraph (A) may be made on or after the date of enactment of this subparagraph; and (II) except as provided in clause (ii), no such election expiring on or after the date that is 180 days after the date of such enactment may be renewed. (ii) Exception for certain collectively bargained plans Notwithstanding clause (i)(II), a plan described in subparagraph (B)(ii) that is subject to multiple agreements described in such subparagraph of varying lengths and that has an election in effect under subparagraph (A) as of the date of enactment of this subparagraph that expires on or after the date that is 180 days after the date of such enactment may extend such election until the date on which the term of the last such agreement expires. .