Health Coverage Across State Lines Act
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill allows health insurers to sell individual coverage across State lines under a primary State's laws, while setting certain federal floor conditions and appeals requirements.
Who Benefits and How
Health insurers could gain broader multi-State sales opportunities under a single primary State regulatory regime, and some consumers could see more coverage options.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Secondary States would lose some direct regulatory control over cross-State plans, while insurers and regulators would still need to meet federal floor and appeals requirements.
Key Provisions
- Creates a framework for cross-State individual health insurance sales governed mainly by a primary State's covered laws.
- Requires a risk-based capital formula in the primary State before issuers may sell into secondary States.
- Requires independent external appeals procedures for plans sold under the framework.
- Allocates enforcement authority primarily to the primary State and includes severability.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill allows health insurers to sell individual coverage across State lines under a primary State's laws, while setting certain federal floor conditions and appeals requirements.
Key Policy Areas
Healthcare, Finance
Primary Purpose
This bill allows health insurers to sell individual coverage across State lines under a primary State's laws, while setting certain federal floor conditions and appeals requirements.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Health insurance issuers seeking to sell coverage across State lines
- Consumers seeking additional individual insurance options
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Secondary State insurance regulators with reduced control over cross-State policies
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeRead twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, …
Introduced in Senate
Mrs. Blackburn introduced the following bill; which was read twice …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Health insurance issuers required to provide or participate in independent external appeals, Health insurance issuers seeking to sell individual coverage across State lines, Health insurance issuers selling cross-State individual coverage under a single primary State rule set
Positive-direction: Health insurance issuers seeking to sell individual coverage across State lines, Health insurance issuers selling cross-State individual coverage under a single primary State rule set, Health insurance issuers subject primarily to one State enforcement regime for cross-State policies
Negative-direction: Health insurance issuers required to provide or participate in independent external appeals
Consumers covered by cross-State individual health plans who gain appeals protections
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
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