About the bill
H.R. 1101 amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to allow small businesses to join together in association health plans (AHP) across state lines through bona fide trade associations to become larger purchasers of health insurance. Specifically, the bill relieves small businesses that form AHPs from state-mandated benefit laws that often make coverage prohibitively expensive. H.R. 1101establishes a class certification for fully-insured AHPs prescribed by the Secretary of Labor. In addition, self-funded AHPs must meet certain criteria to insure the businesses covered will be of average health risk to avoid pulling healthy individuals from the small group market. Further, the bill contains protections to ensure self-funded AHPs meet and maintain solvency standards, such as maintaining a minimum of $500,000 in surplus reserves which are reviewed quarterly by the …
Sponsor and status
115th Congress (2017–2019)
This bill was introduced in a previous session of Congress and was passed by the House on March 22, 2017 but was never passed by the Senate.
Although this bill was not enacted, its provisions could have become law by being included in another bill. It is common for legislative text to be introduced concurrently in multiple bills (called companion bills), re-introduced in subsequent sessions of Congress in new bills, or added to larger bills (sometimes called omnibus bills).
37 Cosponsors (37 Republicans)
Position statements
What legislators are saying
“Sam Johnson Statement on House American Health Care Act Vote”
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Rep. Sam Johnson [R-TX3, 1991-2018]
(Sponsor)
on May 4, 2017
“Walberg Highlights 2017 Legislative Accomplishments”
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Rep. Tim Walberg [R-MI5]
(Co-sponsor)
on Dec 22, 2017
“Bergman Vows to Continue Fight Against Health Care Collapse”
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Rep. Jack Bergman [R-MI1]
on Mar 23, 2017
History
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May 13, 2004
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Passed House (Senate next)
This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 4281 (108th). |
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Jul 26, 2005
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Passed House (Senate next)
This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 525 (109th). |
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Jan 5, 2007
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Earlier Version —
Introduced
This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 241 (110th). |
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Mar 11, 2011
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Earlier Version —
Introduced
This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 1050 (112th). |
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Jun 24, 2015
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Earlier Version —
Introduced
This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 2868 (114th). |
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Feb 16, 2017
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Introduced
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Mar 1, 2017
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Considered by House Committee on Education and the Workforce
A committee held a hearing or business meeting about the bill.
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Mar 8, 2017
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Ordered Reported
A committee has voted to issue a report to the full chamber recommending that the bill be considered further. Only about 1 in 4 bills are reported out of committee. |
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Mar 17, 2017
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Reported by House Committee on Education and the Workforce
A committee issued a report on the bill, which often provides helpful explanatory background on the issue addressed by the bill and the bill's intentions. |
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Mar 22, 2017
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Passed House (Senate next)
The bill was passed in a vote in the House. It goes to the Senate next. |
H.R. 1101 (115th) was a bill in the United States Congress.
A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.
Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number H.R. 1101. This is the one from the 115th Congress.
This bill was introduced in the 115th Congress, which met from Jan 3, 2017 to Jan 3, 2019. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.
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