United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 3598 (113th)
To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to permit insurers to offer catastrophic coverage plans to anyone, and for other purposes.
Introduced
21 November 2013
Last action
22 November 2013 · Referred
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sponsors
Jeff Fortenberry
Subjects
Healthcare
Source updated
3 January 2025
Summary
Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to consider catastrophic health plans to be providing essential health benefits by removing certain enrollment eligibility restrictions (concerning age, certification of exemption from the Internal Revenue Code requirement to maintain minimum essential coverage, and offering of the plan only in the individual market).
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Timeline
21 November 2013
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Source: IntroReferral
21 November 2013
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
21 November 2013
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
22 November 2013
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Source: Committee
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in House · 21 November 2013 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 21 November 2013
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 21 November 2013
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 21 November 2013
Sponsors
- Jeff Fortenberry · R · Sponsor
- · hsif00 · Standing
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/3598
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3598
- us · 113-hr-3598 · source updated 3 January 2025