# 116-hr-7647: To provide for a COVID-19-related delay regarding annual limitation on cost-sharing for group health plans and individual and small group health insurance coverage.

116-hr-7647, To provide for a COVID-19-related delay regarding annual limitation on cost-sharing for group health plans and individual and small group health insurance coverage., is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. McEachin, A. Donald [D-VA-4] (D-VA); status Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-7647
- Congress: 116
- Title: To provide for a COVID-19-related delay regarding annual limitation on cost-sharing for group health plans and individual and small group health insurance coverage.
- Status: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Introduced: 2020-07-16
- Sponsor: Rep. McEachin, A. Donald [D-VA-4] (D-VA)
- Cosponsors: 37
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

This bill delays until the first calendar year that is 12 months after the end of the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency the application of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) rule dated May 14, 2020. That rule allows private health insurance plans to decide whether support provided by a prescription drug manufacturer to cover a patient's costs for a drug counts toward the patient's annual out-of-pocket limit. The bill requires enforcement of the previous rule, which allows plans to exclude drug manufacturer support from a patient's annual out-of-pocket limit only if a generic version of the drug is available.

## Cosponsors (37)

- Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46] (D-CA), 2020-08-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1] (D-IL), 2020-08-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Horn, Kendra S. [D-OK-5] (D-OK), 2020-09-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9] (D-MA), 2020-09-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2020-09-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12] (D-CA), 2020-10-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9] (D-NY), 2020-12-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33] (D-TX), 2020-12-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Craig, Angie [D-MN-2] (D-MN), 2020-12-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13] (R-IL), 2020-07-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] (D-NJ), 2020-07-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE] (D-DE), 2020-07-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2] (D-MS), 2020-07-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3] (D-NY), 2020-07-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1] (D-NC), 2020-07-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ] (D-AZ), 2020-07-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. San Nicolas, Michael F. Q. [D-GU-At Large] (D-GU), 2020-07-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] (D-CA), 2020-08-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McBath, Lucy [D-GA-6] (D-GA), 2020-08-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2] (D-NH), 2020-08-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. O'Halleran, Tom [D-AZ-1] (D-AZ), 2020-08-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rouda, Harley [D-CA-48] (D-CA), 2020-08-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Aguilar, Pete [D-CA-33] (D-CA), 2020-08-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] (D-IN), 2020-08-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Spanberger, Abigail Davis [D-VA-7] (D-VA), 2020-08-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44] (D-CA), 2020-08-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gonzalez, Vicente [D-TX-34] (D-TX), 2020-08-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-31] (D-CA), 2020-08-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9] (D-FL), 2020-08-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2] (D-IL), 2020-08-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [R-NJ-2] (R-NJ), 2020-08-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20] (D-FL), 2020-08-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sherrill, Mikie [D-NJ-11] (D-NJ), 2020-09-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schrader, Kurt [D-OR-5] (D-OR), 2020-09-01T00:00:00.000Z
- COLLIN PETERSON (D-MN), 2020-09-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10] (D-IL), 2020-10-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6] (D-MD), 2020-10-30T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [116-hr-7647 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/7647)

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