Bill Sponsor
House Bill 372
115th Congress(2017-2018)
Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act of 2017
Active
Amendments
Active
Passed House on Mar 22, 2017
Overview
Text
Sponsor
Introduced
Jan 9, 2017
Latest Action
Mar 23, 2017
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
372
Congress
115
Policy Area
Health
Health
Primary focus of measure is science or practice of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease; health services administration and funding, including such programs as Medicare and Medicaid; health personnel and medical education; drug use and safety; health care coverage and insurance; health facilities. Measures concerning controlled substances and drug trafficking may fall under Crime and Law Enforcement policy area.
Sponsorship by Party
Republican
Arizona
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Alabama
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Arizona
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Colorado
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Colorado
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Florida
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North Carolina
Republican
South Carolina
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Tennessee
Republican
Tennessee
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Virginia
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Virginia
Republican
Virginia
House Votes (2)
Senate Votes (0)
Question
On Passage
Status
Passed
Type
Roll Call Vote
Roll Call Vote
A vote that records the individual position of each Member who voted. Such votes occurring on the House floor (by the "yeas and nays" or by "recorded vote") are taken by electronic device. The Senate has no electronic voting system; in such votes, Senators answer "yea" or "nay" as the clerk calls each name aloud. Each vote is compiled by clerks and receives a roll call number (referenced in Congress.gov as a "Record Vote" [Senate] or "Roll no." [House]).
Roll Call Type
Recorded Vote
Roll Number
184
House Roll Call Votes
Summary

Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act of 2017

This bill amends the McCarran-Ferguson Act to declare that nothing in that Act modifies, impairs, or supersedes the operation of antitrust laws with respect to the business of health insurance, including the business of dental insurance.

Prohibitions against unfair methods of competition apply to the business of health insurance without regard to whether the business is for profit.

Text (4)
March 23, 2017
March 22, 2017
March 15, 2017
January 9, 2017
Amendments (1)
Mar 21, 2017
Offered in House
0
Sponsorship
House Amendment 102
Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 209, the amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text in the Rules Committee Print 115-8 is considered as adopted.
Submitted
Public Record
Record Updated
Jan 11, 2023 1:34:29 PM