Continuing Care for Patients Act of 2020

referredUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

7 February 2020

Last action

7 February 2020 · Introduced

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summary

Continuing Care for Patients Act of 2020 This bill requires private health insurance plans to continue providing benefits to continuing care patients when the contractual relationship with the provider or facility treating such patient changes or terminates. Continuing care patients include individuals undergoing (1) inpatient care, (2) care for pregnancy, (3) nonelective surgery, (4) treatment for a terminal illness, or (5) treatment for other serious condition that requires prolonged medical care. Among other requirements, health insurance plans must notify continuing care patients about a termination of coverage and permit such patients to continue treatment under the plan, including transition to another health care setting, for not more than 90 days after that date that such notice is provided.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

7 February 2020
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Source: Committee
7 February 2020
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
7 February 2020
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
7 February 2020
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

Introduced in House · 7 February 2020 · Download file

Documents

3 official files

Introduced in House (text)

View file Download file

This file cannot be previewed here. Use View or Download.

Leesvertaling

Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

Vertaal naar

Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 7 February 2020
View Download Open at official source
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 7 February 2020
View Download Open at official source
Leesvertaling
Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.
Vertaal naar
Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 7 February 2020
Open at official source
Leesvertaling
Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.
Vertaal naar
Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

Related records

related to ← Consumer Protections Against Surprise Medical Bills Act of 2020

Sources

PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.

Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5816
Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5816
us · 116-hr-5816 · source updated 21 July 2025