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Empowering Parents’ Healthcare Choices Act of 2021

USA118th CongressHR-4195| House 
| Updated: 12/17/2024
Sharice Davids

Sharice Davids

Democratic Representative

Kansas

Cosponsors (7)
Emanuel Cleaver (Democratic)Tony Cárdenas (Democratic)Ann M. Kuster (Democratic)Kathy Castor (Democratic)Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democratic)Julia Brownley (Democratic)Chellie Pingree (Democratic)

Ways and Means Committee, Health Subcommittee, 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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Bill from Previous Congress

HR 117-4636
Empowering Parents’ Healthcare Choices Act of 2021
Jun 16, 2023
Introduced in House
Jun 16, 2023
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.
Jun 23, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Dec 17, 2024
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HR 117-4636
    Empowering Parents’ Healthcare Choices Act of 2021


  • June 16, 2023
    Introduced in House


  • June 16, 2023
    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.


  • June 23, 2023
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.


  • December 17, 2024
    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

USA118th CongressHR-4195| House 
| Updated: 12/17/2024
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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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

HR 117-4636
Empowering Parents’ Healthcare Choices Act of 2021
Jun 16, 2023
Introduced in House
Jun 16, 2023
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.
Jun 23, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Dec 17, 2024
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HR 117-4636
    Empowering Parents’ Healthcare Choices Act of 2021


  • June 16, 2023
    Introduced in House


  • June 16, 2023
    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.


  • June 23, 2023
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.


  • December 17, 2024
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sharice Davids

Sharice Davids

Democratic Representative

Kansas

Cosponsors (7)
Emanuel Cleaver (Democratic)Tony Cárdenas (Democratic)Ann M. Kuster (Democratic)Kathy Castor (Democratic)Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democratic)Julia Brownley (Democratic)Chellie Pingree (Democratic)

Ways and Means Committee, Health Subcommittee, 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