Empowering Parents’ Healthcare Choices Act of 2021
USA117th CongressHR-4636| House
| Updated: 7/23/2021
Sharice Davids
Democratic Representative
Kansas
Cosponsors (14)
Chris Pappas (Democratic)Emanuel Cleaver (Democratic)Sheila Jackson Lee (Democratic)Pete Aguilar (Democratic)Madeleine Dean (Democratic)Tony Cárdenas (Democratic)Ann M. Kuster (Democratic)Kathy Castor (Democratic)Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democratic)Salud O. Carbajal (Democratic)Julia Brownley (Democratic)Yvette D. Clarke (Democratic)Deborah K. Ross (Democratic)Susan Wild (Democratic)
Ways and Means Committee, Health Subcommittee, Energy and Commerce Committee, Education and Workforce Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Empowering Parents' Healthcare Choices Act of 2021 This bill provides a 60-day time frame within which parents with separate health insurance plans may choose which plan provides primary coverage for their newborn child. The bill limits the application of certain standard health insurance provisions that determine which plan becomes the primary coverage of a dependent child based on the order of the parents' birthdays.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health
Child healthFamily relationshipsHealth care costs and insuranceHealth care coverage and access
Empowering Parents’ Healthcare Choices Act of 2021
USA117th CongressHR-4636| House
| Updated: 7/23/2021
Empowering Parents' Healthcare Choices Act of 2021 This bill provides a 60-day time frame within which parents with separate health insurance plans may choose which plan provides primary coverage for their newborn child. The bill limits the application of certain standard health insurance provisions that determine which plan becomes the primary coverage of a dependent child based on the order of the parents' birthdays.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sharice Davids
Democratic Representative
Kansas
Cosponsors (14)
Chris Pappas (Democratic)Emanuel Cleaver (Democratic)Sheila Jackson Lee (Democratic)Pete Aguilar (Democratic)Madeleine Dean (Democratic)Tony Cárdenas (Democratic)Ann M. Kuster (Democratic)Kathy Castor (Democratic)Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democratic)Salud O. Carbajal (Democratic)Julia Brownley (Democratic)Yvette D. Clarke (Democratic)Deborah K. Ross (Democratic)Susan Wild (Democratic)
Ways and Means Committee, Health Subcommittee, Energy and Commerce Committee, Education and Workforce Committee
Health
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Child healthFamily relationshipsHealth care costs and insuranceHealth care coverage and access