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S. 2806: Building Efforts for Wellness and Encouraging Longer Lives Act

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S. 2806: Building Efforts for Wellness and Encouraging Longer Lives Act

111th Congress · introduced 2009-11-19 · Health · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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Follow this bill, step by step

  1. Where it came from: introduced 2009-11-19 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Building Efforts for Wellness and Encouraging Longer Lives Act

Plain summary

Building Efforts for Wellness and Encouraging Longer Lives Act or the BE WELL Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish standards for programs of health promotion and disease prevention (wellness programs), including a system of rewards and reimbursements for voluntarily adopting healthy behaviors, including participation in fitness and smoking cessation programs. Applies such standards to group plans under the Public Health Service Act and federal employee health benefit plans. Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a 10-state demonstration project to apply wellness program standards to state health insurance plans.

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A “Nay” vote

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What does this mean? (plain words)

Official text

Building Efforts for Wellness and Encouraging Longer Lives Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV] · 1 cosponsors

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong111-s2806 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111