Gender Equity in Health Premiums Act

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Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 111th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

D SánchezSponsor

14 cosponsors · 12 D, 2 R

5 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

Gender Equity in Health Premiums Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act and the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit a group health plan from requiring any individual to pay a premium or contribution which is greater than that for a similarly situated individual enrolled in the plan on the basis of the gender of such individual or such individual's…

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · May 21, 2009

Applies such prohibition to individual health insurance coverage.

Directs the Comptroller General to evaluate enforcement of group and individual health insurance market rules.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Gender Equity in Health Premiums Act

Latest action (Jun 2, 2009): Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Policy area: Health · Origin: House · Introduced: May 21, 2009

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.