United States · Bill · S
S. 1516 (115th)
A bill to expand health care choices by allowing Americans to buy health care coverage across State lines.
Introduced
29 June 2017
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Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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21 January 2026
Summary
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to provide that the laws of a state designated by a health insurer (primary state) apply to individual health insurance coverage offered by that insurer in any state (secondary state) if the coverage, states, and insurer comply with the conditions of this bill. Insurers are exempted from any secondary state's laws that would prohibit or regulate the operation of the insurer in that state. The primary state is given sole jurisdiction to enforce its covered laws in any secondary state. The Government Accountability Office must study the effect of this bill on specified health insurance issues.
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Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 29 June 2017
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 29 June 2017
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 29 June 2017
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/1516
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/s/1516