UPDATE: S.1531 – A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide protections for health insurance consumers from surprise billing.

LATEST ACTION: May 16, 2019 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

BILL TITLE: A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide protections for health insurance consumers from surprise billing.

[NOTE: The contents of this legislative update are current as of 06:00 AM on May 17, 2019.]

BILL NUMBER: 116th Congress: Senate Bill 1531 (S.1531)

CHAMBER OF ORIGIN: U.S. Senate

CURRENT CHAMBER: U.S. Senate

For DETAILED LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION on S.1531, visit: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/1531

BILL TEXT: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/1531/text

ACTIONS-TO-DATE (ordered by most recent first):

05/16/2019 -- Senate -- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

05/16/2019 -- Senate -- Introduced in Senate.

SPONSOR(S)*:

-- Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]

CO-SPONSOR(S)*:

[*Note: Sponsors and co-sponsors are current as of May 16, 2019. For the most up-to-date version of the sponsor and co-sponsor lists, visit: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/1531/cosponsors ]

-- Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]

-- Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN]

-- Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]

-- Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]

-- Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE]

-- Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK]

-- Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]

-- Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND]

-- Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]

-- Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]

-- Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]

COMMITTEES: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee.