Continuing Coverage for Preexisting Conditions Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-756
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2021-03-16
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance

Health care coverage and access

Insurance industry and regulation
Latest action: action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-03-16
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Continuing Coverage for Preexisting Conditions Act of 2021</b></p> <p>This bill establishes severability between provisions relating to the requirement to maintain minimum essential health care coverage (i.e., the individual mandate) and other provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Specifically, the bill provides that if the individual mandate is found to be illegal or incapable of being enforced, such findings do not affect the validity of other provisions relating to (1) the availability and renewability of coverage, or (2) the prohibitions against discriminatory coverage practices based on preexisting conditions or health status.</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 756 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 16, 2021 Mr. Kennedy 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 ensure that preexisting condition exclusions with respect to enrollment in health insurance coverage and group health plans continue to be prohibited.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Continuing Coverage for Preexisting Conditions Act of 2021 . 2. Ensuring the prohibition of preexisting condition exclusions with respect to enrollment in health insurance coverage and group health plans Part I of subtitle F of title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( Public Law 111–148 ) is amended by adding at the end the following section: 1503. Severability If subsection (a) of section 5000A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as added by section 1501(b), is to any extent illegal, unconstitutional, otherwise invalid, or incapable of being enforced, the validity and enforceability of sections 2701 through 2705 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300gg through 300gg–4), as added by section 1201, shall not be affected. .