HOUSE 4195118th CongressReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Empowering Parents’ Healthcare Choices Act of 2021

Last Action: 12/17/2024

Actions

2024-12-17Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2023-06-23Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2023-06-16Referred 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.
2023-06-16Referred 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.
2023-06-16Referred 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.
2023-06-16Introduced in House
2023-06-16Introduced in House

CRS Summary

As of 2023-06-16 (00)

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.

Cosponsors (7)

ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
Kathy Castor (D-FL)
Chellie Pingree (D-ME)
Tony Cárdenas (D-CA)
Julia Brownley (D-CA)
Ann Kuster (D-NH)
Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO)

Subjects

Child health
Family relationships
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access

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