Closing Health Coverage Gaps for Public Servants Act

Bill: 117-s-3796
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT]
Introduced: 2022-03-10
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Health care costs and insurance

Health care coverage and access
Latest action: action_date: 2022-03-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-03-10
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Closing Health Coverage Gaps for Public Servants Act</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: II 117th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3796 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 10 (legislative day, March 7), 2022 Mr. Murphy (for himself and Ms. Stabenow ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 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 . 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. .