United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 4159 (116th)
Maintaining Protections for Patients with Preexisting Conditions Act of 2019
Introduced
2 August 2019
Last action
5 August 2019 · Referred
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sponsors
Denver Riggleman, Rep. Wagner, Ann [R-MO-2], Rep. Huizenga, Bill [R-MI-4], Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4], Rep. Herrera Beutler, Jaime [R-WA-3], Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1], Rep. Rutherford, John H. [R-FL-5]
Subjects
Healthcare
Source updated
21 July 2025
Summary
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.
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Timeline
2 August 2019
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Source: Committee
2 August 2019
Introduced
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.
Source: IntroReferral
2 August 2019
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
2 August 2019
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
5 August 2019
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Source: Committee
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in House · 2 August 2019 · Download file
Documents
3 official files
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Introduced in House (text)
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Sponsors
- Denver Riggleman · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Wagner, Ann [R-MO-2] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Huizenga, Bill [R-MI-4] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Herrera Beutler, Jaime [R-WA-3] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Rutherford, John H. [R-FL-5] · R · Cosponsor
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Related records
- related to → Protect Act
- related to → Pre-existing Conditions Protection Act of 2019
- related to ← Protect Act
- related to ← Fair Care Act of 2020
- related to ← Fair Care Act of 2020
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/4159
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4159
- us · 116-hr-4159 · source updated 21 July 2025