US Congress Senate Bill 1905 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 21-1)
Status: Introduced on June 19 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-06-19 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Makes several changes to the navigator program for health insurance exchanges (a program through which entities receive funding to provide education and enrollment assistance). Specifically, the bill addresses certain funding decisions and regulatory actions taken by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). For example, the bill increases funding for navigators in federally facilitated exchanges (FFEs) beginning in FY2020. (The CMS decreased annual funding for FFE navigators for the 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 program years.) The bill also counters guidance issued by the CMS regarding navigator criteria by requiring FFE navigators to be chosen without regard to how the entity provides information on association health plans or short-term, limited-duration insurance. The bill also reinstates certain requirements that were removed by the CMS in 2018. Specifically, the bill requires (1) at least two navigators in each FFE, including at least one community and consumer-focused nonprofit group; and (2) that navigators be physically present in the state where the exchange is located.

ENROLL Act of 2019 Expand Navigators’ Resources for Outreach, Learning, and Longevity Act of 2019

Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]	Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]	Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]
Sen. Tim Kaine [D-VA]	Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]	Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]	Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]
Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Sen. Margaret Hassan [D-NH]	Sen. Angus King [I-ME]
Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]	Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]	Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]	Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]
Sen. Kamala Harris [D-CA]	Sen. Tina Smith [D-MN]	Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]	Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]
Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-06-19	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HB1386 (Related) 2019-05-03 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 28.
HB987 (Related) 2019-05-20 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
HB1884 (Related) 2019-03-27 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
HB1425 (Related) 2020-09-08 - Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 523.
SB4521 (Related) 2020-08-11 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/1905/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s1905/BILLS-116s1905is.pdf