# 116-hr-5816: Continuing Care for Patients Act of 2020

116-hr-5816, Continuing Care for Patients Act of 2020, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] (D-WI); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-5816
- Congress: 116
- Title: Continuing Care for Patients Act of 2020
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Introduced: 2020-02-07
- Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] (D-WI)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Continuing Care for Patients Act of 2020 This bill requires private health insurance plans to continue providing benefits to continuing care patients when the contractual relationship with the provider or facility treating such patient changes or terminates. Continuing care patients include individuals undergoing (1) inpatient care, (2) care for pregnancy, (3) nonelective surgery, (4) treatment for a terminal illness, or (5) treatment for other serious condition that requires prolonged medical care. Among other requirements, health insurance plans must notify continuing care patients about a termination of coverage and permit such patients to continue treatment under the plan, including transition to another health care setting, for not more than 90 days after that date that such notice is provided.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Schweikert, David [R-AZ-1] (R-AZ), 2020-02-07T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

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- 116-hr-8662: Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act
- 116-hr-7947: Supporting Foster Youth and Families through the Pandemic Act
- 116-hr-5319: Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 2019
- 116-hr-5240: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make the look-thru rule for related controlled foreign corporations permanent.
- 116-hr-4305: PAWS for Veterans Therapy Act

## Sources
- [116-hr-5816 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5816)

## Related
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- [116-hr-8662: Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8662)
- [116-hr-7947: Supporting Foster Youth and Families through the Pandemic Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7947)
- [116-hr-5319: Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Reauthorization Act o…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-5319)
- [116-hr-5240: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make the look-thru rule for relat…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-5240)
- [116-hr-4305: PAWS for Veterans Therapy Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-4305)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-5816 (as of 2025-11-18).