To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a special enrollment period during the COVID-19 emergency period and to carry out outreach and educational activities, and for other purposes.
COVID Special Enrollment Act of 2020
This bill establishes a special health plan enrollment period during the COVID-19 public health emergency. The special enrollment period applies to plans offered through health insurance exchanges and is available to eligible individuals for eight weeks beginning one week after this bill is enacted. The bill also funds outreach activities for the Department of Health and Human Services to notify individuals about the special enrollment period.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, 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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 116-517.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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