To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and the Public Health Service Act to require employees to be provided with information about the availability of special enrollment periods to obtain marketplace coverage and Medicare coverage upon termination or separation, and for other purposes.

United States115th CongressHR-2342House of Representatives
Updated: May 19, 2017

Summary

Common SENSE Act of 2017 or the Common Sense Employer Notification of Special Enrollment Act of 2017 This bill amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Internal Revenue Code, and the Public Health Service Act to expand notification requirements for health plans regarding beneficiaries who would lose coverage if not for continuation coverage (e.g., due to job termination) to include providing notice of: (1) guaranteed availability of coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, including special enrollment periods; and (2) special enrollment periods for Medicare.

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Timeline

  1. Introduced in House

  2. Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, 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.

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  3. Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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  4. Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4379)

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