Empowering Parents’ Healthcare Choices Act
Sponsored By: Representative Rep. Davids, Sharice [D-KS-3]
Introduced
Summary
Parental choice of primary health coverage for newborns. This bill would let parents whose separate health plans both cover a newborn pick which parent's policy is primary if both parents submit a timely election.
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1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Parents choose baby's primary health plan
If enacted, parents could choose one parent's plan as the baby's primary coverage. This would apply only when each parent has a separate plan that would cover the child. Both parents would need to notify the same insurer or plan within 60 days of birth, in the way the Secretary sets. The chosen plan would stay primary until both parents ask to end it or the enrolled parent loses that coverage. This rule would not apply if parents file elections for multiple policies or plans. It would apply only to children born on or after January 1, 2026.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Rep. Davids, Sharice [D-KS-3]
KS • D
Cosponsors
Evans (CO)
CO • R
Sponsored 6/11/2025
Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
CA • D
Sponsored 7/10/2025
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 7/10/2025
Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14]
FL • D
Sponsored 7/15/2025
Rep. Nunn, Zachary [R-IA-3]
IA • R
Sponsored 10/17/2025
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