Association Health Plans Act
On calendar: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- On calendar
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 33
- Latest action
- Dec 15, 2025
What it does
The Association Health Plans Act would amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to allow groups or associations of employers—including self-employed individuals—to be treated as a single employer for the purpose of sponsoring group health plans, regardless of industry, trade, or profession. To qualify, such groups must meet specific criteria, including maintaining a health plan for at least two years, providing coverage to at least 51 aggregated employees, not conditioning membership on health status, and having a governing board with at least 75% employer-elected members. The bill also establishes rules for premium setting based on modified community rating and actuarial…
AI summary · The lawmakers haven’t published an official summary of this bill yet, so 52 wrote this one from the bill’s text.
Where it stands
Introduced (Done)
Committee (Current step)
Floor (Not started)
Law (Not started)
What moved
Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
- Tim Walberg
- Abraham Hamadeh
- Adrian Smith
- Andy Biggs
- Bill Huizenga
- Christopher Smith
- Clarence Owens
- Craig Goldman
- Dan Crenshaw
- Daniel Meuser
- David Schweikert
- Garland Barr
- Glenn Grothman
- Glenn Thompson
- Henry Cuellar
- J. Hill
- Jefferson Van Drew
- Juan Ciscomani
- Ken Calvert
- Kevin Kiley
- Mark Harris
- Mark Messmer
- Michelle Fischbach
- Neal Dunn
- Paul Gosar
- Randy Weber
- Rick Allen
- Robert Onder
- Ryan Mackenzie
- Sanford Bishop
- Scott Fitzgerald
- Stephanie Bice
- Wesley Hunt
In the news
Reporting that may mention this subject. Possible matches are labeled.
Loading coverage…
Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.