To provide for a COVID-19-related delay regarding annual limitation on cost-sharing for group health plans and individual and small group health insurance coverage.

I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 7647 To provide for a COVID–19-related delay regarding annual limitation on cost-sharing for group health plans and individual and small group health insurance coverage. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JULY 16, 2020 Mr. MCEACHIN (for himself, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, and Mrs. WAT- SON COLEMAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subse- quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To provide for a COVID–19-related delay regarding annual limitation on cost-sharing for group health plans and individual and small group health insurance coverage. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:47 Aug 05, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7647.IH H7647 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 7647 IH SECTION 1. COVID–19-RELATED DELAY REGARDING AN- 1 NUAL LIMITATION ON COST-SHARING FOR 2 GROUP HEALTH PLANS AND INDIVIDUAL AND 3 SMALL GROUP HEALTH INSURANCE COV- 4 ERAGE. 5 For a plan or policy year that begins on or after Jan- 6 uary 1, 2020, and prior to the first calendar year that 7 begins on or after the date that is twelve months after 8 the end of the public health emergency first declared by 9 the Secretary of Health and Human Services on January 10 27, 2020, with respect to the 2019 Novel Coronavirus— 11 (1) section 156.130(h) of title 45, Code of Fed- 12 eral Regulations, as published in the Federal Reg- 13 ister on May 14, 2020, shall not apply; and 14 (2) with respect to a group health plan or an 15 issuer of individual or small group health insurance 16 coverage (as such terms are defined in section 2791 17 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg– 18 91)), the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of 19 Labor, and the Secretary of Health and Human 20 Services shall enforce section 156.130(h) of title 45, 21 Code of Federal Regulations, as published in the 22 Federal Register on April 25, 2019, and in effect on 23 October 1, 2019. 24 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:47 Aug 05, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H7647.IH H7647 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS