To prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from finalizing a rule proposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services with respect to the determination of whether an individual is lawfully present in the United States for purposes of the eligibility of such individual for enrollment in certain health insurance programs.

Bill: 118-hr-5336
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Pfluger, August [R-TX-11]
Introduced: 2023-09-01
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Department of Health and Human Services

Health care costs and insurance

Immigration status and procedures

Income tax credits

Medicaid

Poverty and welfare assistance
Latest action: action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5336 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 1, 2023 Mr. Pfluger introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce , and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from finalizing a rule proposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services with respect to the determination of whether an individual is lawfully present in the United States for purposes of the eligibility of such individual for enrollment in certain health insurance programs.

1. Prohibition on finalizing proposed rule The Secretary of Health and Human Services may not finalize, implement, or enforce the proposed rule issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services titled Clarifying Eligibility for a Qualified Health Plan Through an Exchange, Advance Payments of the Premium Tax Credit, Cost-Sharing Reductions, a Basic Health Program, and for Some Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Programs (88 Fed. Reg. 25313–25335 (April 26, 2023)) or any substantially similar rule.