Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2017

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R JohnsonSponsor

37 cosponsors · 37 R

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

House Introduced Feb 16, 2017
House Passed Mar 22, 2017 236–175

The bill establishes requirements for AHPs relating to certification, sponsors and boards of trustees, participation and coverage, nondiscrimination, contribution rates, and voluntary termination.

What it does: CRS summary · Passed House amended · Mar 22, 2017

Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2017

(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to provide for the establishment and governance of association health plans (AHPs), which are group health plans sponsored by business associations.

The bill establishes requirements for AHPs relating to certification, sponsors and boards of trustees, participation and coverage, nondiscrimination, contribution rates, and voluntary termination.

AHPs offering benefits that are not health insurance must: (1) establish and maintain sufficient reserves and stop-loss insurance to cover those benefits, and (2) make annual payments to a fund to be used to pay for stop-loss insurance for such AHPs for which there is a reasonable expectation that claims would not be satisfied without such insurance. AHPs that fail to meet these requirements are subject to termination.

The Department of Labor must establish a Solvency Standards Working Group.

States may tax contributions to AHPs, with certain conditions.

The bill preempts state laws that preclude health insurers from: (1) offering health insurance in connection with a certified AHP; or (2) offering health insurance of the same policy type to other employers in the state that are eligible for coverage under AHPs.

Member	Party at vote	Seat	Position
Don Young	R	AK-AL	Aye
Bradley Byrne	R	AL-1	Aye
Martha Roby	R	AL-2	Aye
Mike Rogers	R	AL-3	Aye
Robert Aderholt	R	AL-4	Aye
Mo Brooks	R	AL-5	Aye
Gary Palmer	R	AL-6	Aye
Terri Sewell	D	AL-7	No
Rick Crawford	R	AR-1	Aye
J. Hill	R	AR-2	Aye
Steve Womack	R	AR-3	Aye
Bruce Westerman	R	AR-4	Aye
Tom O’Halleran	D	AZ-1	No
Martha McSally	R	AZ-2	Aye
Raúl Grijalva	D	AZ-3	No
Paul Gosar	R	AZ-4	Aye
Andy Biggs	R	AZ-5	Aye
David Schweikert	R	AZ-6	Aye
Ruben Gallego	D	AZ-7	No
Trent Franks	R	AZ-8	Aye
Kyrsten Sinema	D	AZ-9	Not Voting
Doug LaMalfa	R	CA-1	Aye
Jeff Denham	R	CA-10	Aye
Mark DeSaulnier	D	CA-11	No
Nancy Pelosi	D	CA-12	No
Barbara Lee	D	CA-13	No
Jackie Speier	D	CA-14	No
Eric Swalwell	D	CA-15	No
Jim Costa	D	CA-16	No
Ro Khanna	D	CA-17	No
Anna Eshoo	D	CA-18	No
Zoe Lofgren	D	CA-19	No
Jared Huffman	D	CA-2	No
Jimmy Panetta	D	CA-20	No
David Valadao	R	CA-21	Aye
Devin Nunes	R	CA-22	Aye
Kevin McCarthy	R	CA-23	Aye
Salud Carbajal	D	CA-24	No
Steve Knight	R	CA-25	Aye
Julia Brownley	D	CA-26	No
Judy Chu	D	CA-27	No
Adam Schiff	D	CA-28	No
Tony Cárdenas	D	CA-29	No
John Garamendi	D	CA-3	No
Brad Sherman	D	CA-30	No
Pete Aguilar	D	CA-31	No
Grace Napolitano	D	CA-32	No
Ted Lieu	D	CA-33	Not Voting
Norma Torres	D	CA-35	No
Raul Ruiz	D	CA-36	No
Karen Bass	D	CA-37	Not Voting
Linda Sánchez	D	CA-38	No
Ed Royce	R	CA-39	Aye
Tom McClintock	R	CA-4	Aye
Lucille Roybal-Allard	D	CA-40	No
Mark Takano	D	CA-41	Not Voting
Ken Calvert	R	CA-42	Aye
Maxine Waters	D	CA-43	No
Nanette Barragán	D	CA-44	No
Mimi Walters	R	CA-45	Aye
J. Correa	D	CA-46	No
Alan Lowenthal	D	CA-47	No
Dana Rohrabacher	R	CA-48	Aye
Darrell Issa	R	CA-49	Aye
Mike Thompson	D	CA-5	No
Duncan Hunter	R	CA-50	Aye
Juan Vargas	D	CA-51	No
Scott Peters	D	CA-52	No
Susan Davis	D	CA-53	No
Doris Matsui	D	CA-6	No
Ami Bera	D	CA-7	No
Paul Cook	R	CA-8	Aye
Jerry McNerney	D	CA-9	No
Diana DeGette	D	CO-1	No
Jared Polis	D	CO-2	No
Scott Tipton	R	CO-3	Aye
Ken Buck	R	CO-4	Aye
Doug Lamborn	R	CO-5	Aye
Mike Coffman	R	CO-6	Aye
Ed Perlmutter	D	CO-7	No
John Larson	D	CT-1	No
Joe Courtney	D	CT-2	No
Rosa DeLauro	D	CT-3	No
Jim Himes	D	CT-4	No
Elizabeth Esty	D	CT-5	No
Lisa Blunt Rochester	D	DE-AL	No
Matt Gaetz	R	FL-1	Aye
Val Demings	D	FL-10	No
Daniel Webster	R	FL-11	Aye
Gus Bilirakis	R	FL-12	Aye
Charlie Crist	D	FL-13	No
Kathy Castor	D	FL-14	No
Dennis Ross	R	FL-15	Aye
Vern Buchanan	R	FL-16	Aye
Thomas Rooney	R	FL-17	Aye
Brian Mast	R	FL-18	Aye
Francis Rooney	R	FL-19	Aye
Neal Dunn	R	FL-2	Aye
Alcee Hastings	D	FL-20	No
Lois Frankel	D	FL-21	No
Ted Deutch	D	FL-22	No
Debbie Wasserman Schultz	D	FL-23	No
Frederica Wilson	D	FL-24	No
Mario Diaz-Balart	R	FL-25	Aye
Carlos Curbelo	R	FL-26	Aye
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	R	FL-27	Aye
Ted Yoho	R	FL-3	Not Voting
John Rutherford	R	FL-4	Aye
Al Lawson	D	FL-5	No
Ron DeSantis	R	FL-6	Aye
Stephanie Murphy	D	FL-7	No
Bill Posey	R	FL-8	Aye
Darren Soto	D	FL-9	No
Buddy Carter	R	GA-1	Aye
Jody Hice	R	GA-10	Aye
Barry Loudermilk	R	GA-11	Aye
Rick Allen	R	GA-12	Aye
David Scott	D	GA-13	No
Tom Graves	R	GA-14	Not Voting
Sanford Bishop	D	GA-2	No
A. Ferguson	R	GA-3	Aye
Hank Johnson	D	GA-4	No
John Lewis	D	GA-5	No
Rob Woodall	R	GA-7	Aye
Austin Scott	R	GA-8	Aye
Doug Collins	R	GA-9	Aye
Colleen Hanabusa	D	HI-1	No
Tulsi Gabbard	D	HI-2	No
Rod Blum	R	IA-1	Aye
David Loebsack	D	IA-2	No
David Young	R	IA-3	Aye
Steve King	R	IA-4	Aye
Raúl Labrador	R	ID-1	Aye
Mike Simpson	R	ID-2	Aye
Bobby Rush	D	IL-1	Not Voting
Brad Schneider	D	IL-10	No
Bill Foster	D	IL-11	No
Mike Bost	R	IL-12	Aye
Rodney Davis	R	IL-13	Aye
Randy Hultgren	R	IL-14	Aye
John Shimkus	R	IL-15	Aye
Adam Kinzinger	R	IL-16	Aye
Cheri Bustos	D	IL-17	No
Darin LaHood	R	IL-18	Aye
Robin Kelly	D	IL-2	No
Daniel Lipinski	D	IL-3	No
Luis Gutiérrez	D	IL-4	No
Mike Quigley	D	IL-5	No
Peter Roskam	R	IL-6	Aye
Danny Davis	D	IL-7	No
Raja Krishnamoorthi	D	IL-8	No
Jan Schakowsky	D	IL-9	No
Peter Visclosky	D	IN-1	No
Jackie Walorski	R	IN-2	Aye
Jim Banks	R	IN-3	Aye
Todd Rokita	R	IN-4	Aye
Susan Brooks	R	IN-5	Aye
Luke Messer	R	IN-6	Aye
André Carson	D	IN-7	Not Voting
Larry Bucshon	R	IN-8	Aye
Trey Hollingsworth	R	IN-9	Aye
Roger Marshall	R	KS-1	Aye
Lynn Jenkins	R	KS-2	Aye
Kevin Yoder	R	KS-3	Aye
James Comer	R	KY-1	Aye
Brett Guthrie	R	KY-2	Aye
John Yarmuth	D	KY-3	No
Thomas Massie	R	KY-4	Aye
Hal Rogers	R	KY-5	Aye
Andy Barr	R	KY-6	Aye
Steve Scalise	R	LA-1	Aye
Cedric Richmond	D	LA-2	Not Voting
Clay Higgins	R	LA-3	Aye
Mike Johnson	R	LA-4	Aye
Ralph Abraham	R	LA-5	Aye
Garret Graves	R	LA-6	Aye
Richard Neal	D	MA-1	No
Jim McGovern	D	MA-2	No
Niki Tsongas	D	MA-3	Not Voting
Joseph Kennedy	D	MA-4	No
Katherine Clark	D	MA-5	No
Seth Moulton	D	MA-6	No
Michael Capuano	D	MA-7	No
Stephen Lynch	D	MA-8	No
William Keating	D	MA-9	No
Andy Harris	R	MD-1	Aye
C. Ruppersberger	D	MD-2	No
John Sarbanes	D	MD-3	No
Anthony Brown	D	MD-4	Not Voting
Steny Hoyer	D	MD-5	No
John Delaney	D	MD-6	No
Elijah Cummings	D	MD-7	No
Jamie Raskin	D	MD-8	No
Chellie Pingree	D	ME-1	No
Bruce Poliquin	R	ME-2	Aye
Jack Bergman	R	MI-1	Aye
Paul Mitchell	R	MI-10	Aye
Dave Trott	R	MI-11	Aye
Debbie Dingell	D	MI-12	No
John Conyers	D	MI-13	No
Brenda Lawrence	D	MI-14	Not Voting
Bill Huizenga	R	MI-2	Aye
Justin Amash	R	MI-3	Aye
John Moolenaar	R	MI-4	Aye
Daniel Kildee	D	MI-5	No
Fred Upton	R	MI-6	Aye
Tim Walberg	R	MI-7	Aye
Mike Bishop	R	MI-8	Aye
Sander Levin	D	MI-9	No
Timothy Walz	D	MN-1	No
Jason Lewis	R	MN-2	Aye
Erik Paulsen	R	MN-3	Aye
Betty McCollum	D	MN-4	No
Keith Ellison	D	MN-5	No
Tom Emmer	R	MN-6	Aye
Collin Peterson	D	MN-7	Aye
Richard Nolan	D	MN-8	No
Wm. Clay	D	MO-1	No
Ann Wagner	R	MO-2	Aye
Blaine Luetkemeyer	R	MO-3	Aye
Vicky Hartzler	R	MO-4	Aye
Emanuel Cleaver	D	MO-5	No
Sam Graves	R	MO-6	Aye
Billy Long	R	MO-7	Aye
Jason Smith	R	MO-8	Aye
Trent Kelly	R	MS-1	Aye
Bennie Thompson	D	MS-2	No
Gregg Harper	R	MS-3	Aye
Steven Palazzo	R	MS-4	Aye
G.K. Butterfield	D	NC-1	No
Patrick McHenry	R	NC-10	Aye
Mark Meadows	R	NC-11	Aye
Alma Adams	D	NC-12	No
Ted Budd	R	NC-13	Aye
George Holding	R	NC-2	Aye
Walter Jones	R	NC-3	Aye
David Price	D	NC-4	No
Virginia Foxx	R	NC-5	Aye
Mark Walker	R	NC-6	Aye
David Rouzer	R	NC-7	Aye
Richard Hudson	R	NC-8	Not Voting
Robert Pittenger	R	NC-9	Aye
Kevin Cramer	R	ND-AL	Aye
Jeff Fortenberry	R	NE-1	Not Voting
Don Bacon	R	NE-2	Aye
Adrian Smith	R	NE-3	Aye
Carol Shea-Porter	D	NH-1	No
Ann Kuster	D	NH-2	No
Donald Norcross	D	NJ-1	No
Donald Payne	D	NJ-10	Not Voting
Rodney Frelinghuysen	R	NJ-11	Aye
Bonnie Watson Coleman	D	NJ-12	No
Frank LoBiondo	R	NJ-2	Aye
Tom MacArthur	R	NJ-3	Aye
Chris Smith	R	NJ-4	Aye
Josh Gottheimer	D	NJ-5	Aye
Frank Pallone	D	NJ-6	No
Leonard Lance	R	NJ-7	Aye
Albio Sires	D	NJ-8	No
Bill Pascrell	D	NJ-9	No
Michelle Lujan Grisham	D	NM-1	No
Steve Pearce	R	NM-2	Aye
Ben Luján	D	NM-3	No
Dina Titus	D	NV-1	No
Mark Amodei	R	NV-2	Aye
Jacky Rosen	D	NV-3	No
Ruben Kihuen	D	NV-4	No
Lee Zeldin	R	NY-1	Aye
Jerrold Nadler	D	NY-10	No
Daniel Donovan	R	NY-11	Aye
Carolyn Maloney	D	NY-12	No
Adriano Espaillat	D	NY-13	No
Joe Crowley	D	NY-14	No
José Serrano	D	NY-15	No
Eliot Engel	D	NY-16	No
Nita Lowey	D	NY-17	No
Sean Maloney	D	NY-18	No
John Faso	R	NY-19	Aye
Pete King	R	NY-2	Aye
Paul Tonko	D	NY-20	No
Elise Stefanik	R	NY-21	Aye
Claudia Tenney	R	NY-22	Aye
Tom Reed	R	NY-23	Aye
John Katko	R	NY-24	Aye
Louise Slaughter	D	NY-25	Not Voting
Brian Higgins	D	NY-26	No
Chris Collins	R	NY-27	Aye
Thomas Suozzi	D	NY-3	No
Kathleen Rice	D	NY-4	No
Gregory Meeks	D	NY-5	No
Grace Meng	D	NY-6	No
Nydia Velázquez	D	NY-7	No
Hakeem Jeffries	D	NY-8	No
Yvette Clarke	D	NY-9	No
Steve Chabot	R	OH-1	Aye
Michael Turner	R	OH-10	Aye
Marcia Fudge	D	OH-11	No
Pat Tiberi	R	OH-12	Aye
Tim Ryan	D	OH-13	No
David Joyce	R	OH-14	Aye
Steve Stivers	R	OH-15	Aye
James Renacci	R	OH-16	Aye
Brad Wenstrup	R	OH-2	Aye
Joyce Beatty	D	OH-3	No
Jim Jordan	R	OH-4	Aye
Robert Latta	R	OH-5	Aye
Bill Johnson	R	OH-6	Aye
Bob Gibbs	R	OH-7	Aye
Warren Davidson	R	OH-8	Aye
Marcy Kaptur	D	OH-9	No
Jim Bridenstine	R	OK-1	Aye
Markwayne Mullin	R	OK-2	Aye
Frank Lucas	R	OK-3	Aye
Tom Cole	R	OK-4	Aye
Steve Russell	R	OK-5	Aye
Suzanne Bonamici	D	OR-1	No
Greg Walden	R	OR-2	Aye
Earl Blumenauer	D	OR-3	No
Peter DeFazio	D	OR-4	No
Kurt Schrader	D	OR-5	Aye
Robert Brady	D	PA-1	No
Tom Marino	R	PA-10	Aye
Lou Barletta	R	PA-11	Aye
Keith Rothfus	R	PA-12	Aye
Brendan Boyle	D	PA-13	No
Michael Doyle	D	PA-14	No
Charles Dent	R	PA-15	Aye
Lloyd Smucker	R	PA-16	Aye
Matt Cartwright	D	PA-17	No
Tim Murphy	R	PA-18	Aye
Dwight Evans	D	PA-2	No
Mike Kelly	R	PA-3	Aye
Scott Perry	R	PA-4	Aye
Glenn Thompson	R	PA-5	Aye
Ryan Costello	R	PA-6	Aye
Patrick Meehan	R	PA-7	Aye
Brian Fitzpatrick	R	PA-8	Aye
Bill Shuster	R	PA-9	Aye
David Cicilline	D	RI-1	No
Jim Langevin	D	RI-2	No
Mark Sanford	R	SC-1	Aye
Joe Wilson	R	SC-2	Aye
Jeff Duncan	R	SC-3	Aye
Trey Gowdy	R	SC-4	Aye
Jim Clyburn	D	SC-6	Not Voting
Tom Rice	R	SC-7	Aye
Kristi Noem	R	SD-AL	Aye
Phil Roe	R	TN-1	Aye
Jimmy Duncan	R	TN-2	Aye
Chuck Fleischmann	R	TN-3	Aye
Scott DesJarlais	R	TN-4	Aye
Jim Cooper	D	TN-5	No
Diane Black	R	TN-6	Aye
Marsha Blackburn	R	TN-7	Aye
David Kustoff	R	TN-8	Aye
Steve Cohen	D	TN-9	No
Louie Gohmert	R	TX-1	Aye
Michael McCaul	R	TX-10	Aye
K. Conaway	R	TX-11	Aye
Kay Granger	R	TX-12	Aye
Mac Thornberry	R	TX-13	Aye
Randy Weber	R	TX-14	Aye
Vicente Gonzalez	D	TX-15	No
Beto O’Rourke	D	TX-16	No
Bill Flores	R	TX-17	Aye
Sheila Jackson Lee	D	TX-18	No
Jodey Arrington	R	TX-19	Aye
Ted Poe	R	TX-2	Aye
Joaquin Castro	D	TX-20	No
Lamar Smith	R	TX-21	Aye
Pete Olson	R	TX-22	Aye
Will Hurd	R	TX-23	Aye
Kenny Marchant	R	TX-24	Aye
Roger Williams	R	TX-25	Aye
Michael Burgess	R	TX-26	Aye
Blake Farenthold	R	TX-27	Aye
Henry Cuellar	D	TX-28	Aye
Gene Green	D	TX-29	No
Sam Johnson	R	TX-3	Aye
Eddie Johnson	D	TX-30	No
John Carter	R	TX-31	Aye
Pete Sessions	R	TX-32	Aye
Marc Veasey	D	TX-33	No
Filemon Vela	D	TX-34	No
Lloyd Doggett	D	TX-35	No
Brian Babin	R	TX-36	Aye
John Ratcliffe	R	TX-4	Aye
Jeb Hensarling	R	TX-5	Aye
Joe Barton	R	TX-6	Aye
John Culberson	R	TX-7	Aye
Kevin Brady	R	TX-8	Aye
Al Green	D	TX-9	No
Rob Bishop	R	UT-1	Aye
Chris Stewart	R	UT-2	Aye
Jason Chaffetz	R	UT-3	Aye
Mia Love	R	UT-4	Aye
Robert Wittman	R	VA-1	Aye
Barbara Comstock	R	VA-10	Aye
Gerald Connolly	D	VA-11	No
Scott Taylor	R	VA-2	Aye
Bobby Scott	D	VA-3	No
A. McEachin	D	VA-4	No
Thomas Garrett	R	VA-5	Aye
Bob Goodlatte	R	VA-6	Aye
Dave Brat	R	VA-7	Aye
Donald Beyer	D	VA-8	No
H. Griffith	R	VA-9	Aye
Peter Welch	D	VT-AL	No
Suzan DelBene	D	WA-1	No
Denny Heck	D	WA-10	No
Rick Larsen	D	WA-2	No
Jaime Herrera Beutler	R	WA-3	Aye
Dan Newhouse	R	WA-4	Aye
Cathy McMorris Rodgers	R	WA-5	Aye
Derek Kilmer	D	WA-6	No
Pramila Jayapal	D	WA-7	No
David Reichert	R	WA-8	Aye
Adam Smith	D	WA-9	No
Mark Pocan	D	WI-2	No
Ron Kind	D	WI-3	No
Gwen Moore	D	WI-4	Not Voting
F. Sensenbrenner	R	WI-5	Aye
Glenn Grothman	R	WI-6	Aye
Sean Duffy	R	WI-7	Aye
Mike Gallagher	R	WI-8	Aye
David McKinley	R	WV-1	Aye
Alexander Mooney	R	WV-2	Aye
Evan Jenkins	R	WV-3	Aye
Liz Cheney	R	WY-AL	Aye

Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2017

Votes to become law

Final vote · House · Mar 22, 2017