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H.R. 845 (106th)

Beneficiary Health Coverage Notification Rights Act of 1999

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Introduced

24 February 1999

Last action

12 March 1999 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

Sponsors

Rep. Thurman, Karen L. [D-FL-5], Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13], Rep. Young, C. W. Bill [R-FL-13], Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10], Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-33], Rep. Davis, Jim [D-FL-11], Rep. Shows, Ronnie [D-MS-4], Rep. Pelosi, Nancy [D-CA-11], Rep. Pallone, Frank [D-NJ-6], Rep. Mink, Patsy T. [D-HI-2], Rep. Frost, Martin [D-TX-24], Rep. Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. [D-MI-13], Rep. Kleczka, Gerald D. [D-WI-4], Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-11], Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4], Rep. Strickland, Ted [D-OH-6], Rep. Wexler, Robert [D-FL-19], Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-25], Rep. Bonior, David E. [D-MI-10], Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT], Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29], Rep. Sandlin, Max [D-TX-1], Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3], Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2], Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9], Rep. Phelps, David D. [D-IL-19], Rescom. Romero-Barcelo, Carlos A. [D-PR-At Large], Rep. Olver, John W. [D-MA-1], Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22], Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9], Rep. Wynn, Albert Russell [D-MD-4], Rep. Baldacci, John Elias [D-ME-2], Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-8], Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1], Rep. Emerson, Jo Ann [R-MO-8], Rep. Matsui, Robert T. [D-CA-5], Rep. Barrett, Thomas M. [D-WI-5], Del. Christensen, Donna M. [D-VI-At Large], Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-28], Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16], Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5], Rep. Pastor, Ed [D-AZ-4], Rep. LaFalce, John J. [D-NY-29], Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12], Rep. Johnson, Nancy L. [R-CT-5], Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18], Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12], Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4]

Subjects

Healthcare

Source updated

3 June 2026

Healthcare

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Summary

Beneficiary Health Coverage Notification Rights Act of 1999 - Amends the Public Health Service Act and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require a health insurance issuer to notify all participants and beneficiaries of an intention to terminate coverage or allow a policy to lapse because a group health plan failed to pay premiums necessary to maintain coverage. Amends such Acts and the Internal Revenue Code to deem any participant or beneficiary notified of a group health plan termination or lapse only after the fact to have been covered during the deeming period between the effective date of the termination or lapse and the date of notification. Limits the application of the deeming period to certain purposes, including reduction of pre-existing condition exclusion periods and avoidance of a significant break in coverage. Declares that nothing in this Act shall be construed as entitling any individual to any plan or coverage benefits during such deeming period.

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Timeline

  1. 24 February 1999

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Ways and Means, 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. 24 February 1999

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Ways and Means, 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

  3. 24 February 1999

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 24 February 1999

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  5. 2 March 1999

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

    Source: Committee

  6. 11 March 1999

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

    Source: Committee

  7. 12 March 1999

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

    Source: Committee

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