H.R. 1206: Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act of 2011
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H.R. 1206: Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act of 2011
112th Congress · introduced 2011-03-17 · Health · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 507.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2011-03-17 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Rogers, Mike J. [R-MI-8] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 507. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act of 2011
Plain summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act of 2011 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to exclude remuneration paid for licensed independent insurance producers from administrative cost calculations for purposes of calculating the medical-loss ratio of a health insurance plan. Defines "independent insurance producer" to mean an insurance agent or broker, insurance consultant, benefit specialist, limited insurance representative, and any other person required to be licensed under the laws of the particular state to sell, solicit, negotiate, service, effect, procure, renew, or bind policies of insurance coverage or offer advice, counsel, opinions, or services related to insurance. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), when a state requests an adjustment of a medical-loss ratio, to defer to the state's findings and determinations as to whether enforcing the required medical-loss ratio may destabilize the individual or small group markets for health insurance.
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Official text
Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act of 2011
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House without amendment)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Rogers, Mike J. [R-MI-8] · 221 cosponsors
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Cosponsors on this site
John R. Carter (R-TX), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Michael T. McCaul (R-TX), Harold Rogers (R-KY), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Marlin A. Stutzman (R-IN), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Andy Harris (R-MD) and 161 more.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House without amendment)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112hr1206.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/hr>
Record fed-us-cong112-hr1206 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112