Maintaining Protections for Patients with Preexisting Conditions Act of 2019
This bill establishes provisions under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 relating to the guaranteed availability of health insurance coverage as well as prohibitions against discriminatory practices based on preexisting conditions or health status; the bill also prohibits related exclusions or limitations of benefits and establishes certain enforcement mechanisms.
| Action Date | Type | Text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-08-05 | Committee | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House committee actions |
| 2019-08-02 | Committee | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House committee actions |
| 2019-08-02 | IntroReferral | 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. | House floor actions |
| 2019-08-02 | IntroReferral | 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. | House floor actions |
| 2019-08-02 | IntroReferral | 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. | House floor actions |
| 2019-08-02 | IntroReferral | Introduced in House | Library of Congress |