HR 4636 United States House · 117th Congress

Empowering Parents’ Healthcare Choices Act of 2021

Summary

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.

Issues: ✓ Healthcare

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jul 2021

Committee Review

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Introduced Jul 22, 2021 Last action Jul 23, 2021

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Jul 23, 2021

House · Referred to committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Jul 22, 2021

House · Referred to committee

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.

Jul 22, 2021

House · Introduced

Introduced in House

1 primary · 14 co-sponsors