S. 779: Protecting Americans with Pre-Existing Conditions Act of 2021

117th Congress · introduced 2021-03-16 · Health · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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Where it came from: introduced 2021-03-16 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
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Official title

Protecting Americans with Pre-Existing Conditions Act of 2021

Plain summary

Protecting Americans with Pre-Existing Conditions Act of 2021 This bill nullifies specified guidance and final rule provisions pertaining to Section 1332 waivers (also known as State Innovation Waivers or State Relief and Empowerment Waivers) issued by the Department of the Treasury and the Department of Health and Human Services. The provisions allow states to forego certain requirements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in order to implement experimental plans for health care coverage, as long as the resulting coverage meets certain statutory criteria. The provisions, which supersede earlier guidance from 2015, alter agency interpretation of how states may satisfy the statutory criteria for waiver approval. For example, the provisions (1) redefine acceptable coverage under such waivers to include short-term, limited-duration insurance and association health plans; (2) allow the comprehensiveness and affordability of coverage under such waivers to be assessed based on projected availability, rather than enrollment; and (3) allow the level of coverage to be assessed based on the effects over the entire course of the waiver, rather than per year.

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Official text

Protecting Americans with Pre-Existing Conditions Act of 2021

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] · 29 cosponsors

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Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Gary C. Peters (D-MI), Jack Reed (D-RI), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Tina Smith (D-MN), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY), Cory A. Booker (D-NJ), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Patty Murray (D-WA), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Alex Padilla (D-CA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] reported raising $20.2 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Rulemaking: The process agencies use to write regulations that carry out laws passed by Congress or a legislature. Usually an agency publishes a proposed rule, takes public comments, then publishes a final rule.
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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
Congress.gov
Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117s779.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/s>

Record fed-us-cong117-s779 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117