Association Health Plans Act
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, Association Health Plans Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators. The main policy domain is Labor, Healthcare, Finance.
Who Benefits and How
workers, employers, and labor regulators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, workers, employers, and labor regulators may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H902B4F046F5040998813B568B22C5961: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Association Health Plans Act.
- Section H7DE2C9EACE9340A89E30AE5EACC67C1E: 2. Treatment of group or association of employers Section 3(5) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1002(5)) is amended— by...
- Section H130D8C94F82C41A190A6A0A490983B31: 3. Rules applicable to employee welfare benefit plans established and maintained by a group or association of employers Part 7 of subtitle B of title I of the...
- Section H442D57CEFB49434B86930EC37AD414D4: 736. Rules applicable to employee welfare benefit plans established and maintained by a group or association of employers In the case of an employee welfare...
- Section H1EE90FC13AE54E23B0A616245F7A6C94: 4. Rule of construction Nothing in this Act shall be construed to exempt a group health plan which is an employee welfare benefit plan offered through a group...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, Association Health Plans Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators.
Key Policy Areas
Labor, Healthcare, Finance
Primary Purpose
This bill, Association Health Plans Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- workers, employers, and labor regulators
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- workers, employers, and labor regulators
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Paul (for himself and Mr. Wicker) introduced the following …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, …
Introduced in Senate
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → The Secretary identified in the operative section
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
an individual who—(I)does not have any common law employees
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