United States · Bill · S
S. 2806 (111th)
BE WELL Act
Introduced
19 November 2009
Last action
19 November 2009 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Sponsors
Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV], Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE]
Subjects
Healthcare
Source updated
14 August 2025
Summary
Building Efforts for Wellness and Encouraging Longer Lives Act or the BE WELL Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish standards for programs of health promotion and disease prevention (wellness programs), including a system of rewards and reimbursements for voluntarily adopting healthy behaviors, including participation in fitness and smoking cessation programs. Applies such standards to group plans under the Public Health Service Act and federal employee health benefit plans. Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a 10-state demonstration project to apply wellness program standards to state health insurance plans.
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Timeline
19 November 2009
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Source: IntroReferral
19 November 2009
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 19 November 2009 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] · D · Sponsor
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Related records
- related to → America's Healthy Future Act of 2009
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/2806
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/s/2806
- us · 111-s-2806 · source updated 14 August 2025