Pennsylvania legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Pennsylvania HR585: A Resolution directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to conduct a study and issue a report on the cost to the Commonwealth associated with the defrayal of health insurance benefit mandates under the Affordable Care Act.
Status: In committee, July 11, 2026
What the bill says
A resolution Directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to conduct a study and issue a report on the cost to the Commonwealth associated with the defrayal of health insurance benefit mandates under the Affordable Care Act.
From the introduced text, July 11, 2026:
A RESOLUTION Directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to conduct a study and issue a report on the cost to the Commonwealth associated with the defrayal of health insurance benefit mandates under the Affordable Care Act. WHEREAS, The Affordable Care Act, enacted in March 2010, expanded the scope of mandated health care services covered under health insurance policies; and WHEREAS, The Affordable Care Act includes requirements relating to the defrayal of state-required health insurance benefit mandates that exceed Federal essential health benefits requirements; and WHEREAS, Under prior Federal policy, states are permitted in certain circumstances to avoid defrayal costs by including new state-required benefits as part of the state benchmark plan for essential health benefits; and WHEREAS, On February 9, 2026, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposed reversing that policy and requiring states to bear the cost of defrayal for mandates that are not exempted from or otherwise covered under Federal law; and WHEREAS, As a result, the Commonwealth may be required to defray the cost of certain State-required health insurance benefit mandates that are in addition to essential health benefits contained in the benchmark plan filed by the Commonwealth with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; and WHEREAS, The Commonwealth currently faces a significant budget deficit; therefore be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives …
Sponsors
- Dallas Kephart (R, 73) · primary sponsor
- Michael Stender (R, 108)
- Valerie Gaydos (R, 44)
- Charity Grimm Krupa (R, HD-051)
- Scott Barger (R, 80)
- Joseph Hamm (R, 84)
- Kristin Marcell (R, 178)
- David Zimmerman (R, 99)
Latest actions
- : Referred to INSURANCE, July 11, 2026
Common questions
- What is HR585?
- HR585 is a bill in the Pennsylvania Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): A Resolution directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to conduct a study and issue a report on the cost to the Commonwealth associated with the defrayal of health insurance benefit mandates under the Affordable Care Act.
- What does HR585 do?
- In its own words: A resolution Directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to conduct a study and issue a report on the cost to the Commonwealth associated with the defrayal of health insurance benefit mandates under the Affordable Care Act.
- What is the status of HR585?
- In committee as of July 11, 2026. Latest action: Referred to INSURANCE, July 11, 2026 (July 11, 2026).
- Who sponsored HR585?
- Dallas Kephart (R, 73), with 7 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HR585?
- On the Pennsylvania Legislature website: https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/2025/hr585
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