Newborn Health Insurance: Automatic Coverage and Enrollment
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This bill has strong support from both parties and addresses a common problem for new parents, though it must still pass through several House committees.
Scores run from -100 (strongly harmful) to +100 (strongly beneficial) for each group, combining impact, certainty, scope, and duration ratings of 1-5. How impact scoring works
Small businesses that offer group health plans to employees will need their insurers or plan administrators to update coverage rules and notification systems to comply with the new newborn coverage and enrollment requirements. While this mostly falls on insurers, self-funded small business plans could see modest added administrative steps.
“A group health plan shall, in the case of a parent who is a participant or beneficiary in the plan”
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, 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.
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Introduced in House
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Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
No Surprise Bills for New Moms Act
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