US Congress House Bill 844 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Introduced on February 28 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-03-08 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Empowering States to Innovate Act - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to: (1) allow states to apply for waivers of certain health insurance coverage requirements in such Act (including requirements for the establishment of qualified health plans and health insurance exchanges) for plan years beginning on or after January 1, 2014 (currently, January 1, 2017), and (2) require the waiver application process to begin not later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act.

Empowering States to Innovate Act

Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-03-08	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2011-03-04	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2011-02-28	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2011-02-28	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2011-02-28	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 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.

SB248 (Same As) 2011-02-07 - Referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/844/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr844/BILLS-112hr844ih.pdf