Increasing Access to Lower Premium Plans and Expanding Health Savings Accounts Act of 2018
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Jul 6, 2018)
This bill modifies the requirements for the premium assistance tax credit and allows all individuals to purchase catastrophic health plans in the individual market.
(Under current law, the premium assistance tax credit is provided to eligible individuals and families to subsidize the purchase of health insurance plans on an exchange established under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.) The bill modifies the credit to:
- make the credit available for catastrophic qualified health plans and plans that are not offered through an exchange, but otherwise meet the requirements for qualified health plans;
- prohibit advance payments of the credit from being made for a health plan that is not enrolled in through an exchange; and
- prohibit the credit from being used for health plans that cover abortions (other than abortions necessary to save the life of the mother or abortions with respect to a pregnancy that is the result of an act of rape or incest).
The bill also modifies the requirements for minimum essential health benefits to allow all individuals purchasing health insurance in the individual market to purchase a lower premium catastrophic plan. (The plans are currently limited to individuals who are under 30 or qualify for a hardship or affordability exemption.)
What just happenedJul 26, 2018
Received in the Senate.
Who’s behind it
- Received in SenateJul 26, 2018
- Engrossed in HouseJul 25, 2018
- Introduced in HouseJul 6, 2018
- Jul 26, 2018IntroReferral
Received in the Senate.
- Jul 25, 2018FloorH38310
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jul 25, 2018FloorH37100
On passage Passed by recorded vote: 242 - 176 (Roll no. 376). (text: CR H7658-7659)
- Jul 25, 2018Floor8000
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by recorded vote: 242 - 176 (Roll no. 376).(text: CR H7658-7659)
- Jul 25, 2018FloorH36110
On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 187 - 229 (Roll no. 375).
Ways and Means Committee - Jul 25, 2018FloorH8A000
The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection.
- Jul 25, 2018FloorH8D000
DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Frankel (FL) motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back to the House with an amendment stating no amendment made by this Act shall take effect until the annual reports of the Board of the Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund established under section 1817 of the Social Security Act and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund indicate the reduction of solvency of such trust funds by reason of Public Law 115-97 have been reversed.
- Jul 25, 2018FloorH36100
Ms. Frankel (FL) moved to recommit with instructions to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Ways and Means Committee - Jul 25, 2018FloorH35000
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
- Jul 25, 2018FloorH8D000
DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 6311.
- Jul 25, 2018FloorH8D000
Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 184 and H.R. 6311. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 184 and H.R. 6311 both under closed rules. The rule provides for one motion to recommit with or without instructions on each measure.
- Jul 25, 2018FloorH30000
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 1011. (consideration: CR H7658-7667)
- Jul 24, 2018FloorH1L220
Rule H. Res. 1011 passed House.
- Jul 23, 2018FloorH1L210
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1011 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 184 and H.R. 6311. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 184 and H.R. 6311 both under closed rules. The rule provides for one motion to recommit with or without instructions on each measure.
- Jul 19, 2018CommitteeH12200
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 115-849, Part I.
Ways and Means Committee - Jul 19, 2018Committee5000
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 115-849, Part I.
Ways and Means Committee - Jul 11, 2018Committee
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 16.
Ways and Means Committee - Jul 11, 2018Committee
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ways and Means Committee - Jul 6, 2018IntroReferralH11100
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.
Ways and Means Committee - Jul 6, 2018IntroReferralH11100
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.
Energy and Commerce Committee - Jul 6, 2018IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Jul 6, 2018IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House