House Floor Summary

On agreeing to the Waters amendment; Agreed to by voice vote.

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 377, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Waters amendment No. 12.

An amendment, offered by Ms. Waters, numbered 12 printed in House Report 116-61 to require HHS to submit to Congress a report on the extent to which increases in the prices of commonly prescribed drugs have caused individuals with health insurance to forego needed treatment.

On agreeing to the Morelle amendment; Agreed to by voice vote.

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 377, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Morelle amendment No. 11.

On agreeing to the Scanlon amendment; Agreed to by voice vote.

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 377, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Scanlon amendment No. 10.

An amendment, offered by Ms. Scanlon, numbered 10 printed in House Report 116-61 to require the HHS Secretary to issue biweekly public reports during the annual open enrollment period on the performance of the federal exchange and the Small Business Health Options Program exchange. Each report will include a summary of information on the open enrollment season including the number of website visits, accounts created, calls to the call center, number of people who enroll in a plan and what enrollment path they took, e.g., website, broker, or call center.

On agreeing to the McBath amendment; Agreed to by voice vote.

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 377, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the McBath amendment No. 9.

An amendment, offered by Mrs. McBath, numbered 9 printed in House Report 116-61 to provide pharmacy school outreach by directing the Labor HHS and Education Secretaries to do outreach to institutions of higher education as it relates to the use and availability of generic drugs.

On agreeing to the Hayes amendment; Agreed to by voice vote.

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 377, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Hayes amendment No. 8.

An amendment, offered by Mrs. Hayes, numbered 8 printed in House Report 116-61 to amend the Federally-Facilitated Marketplace (FFM) navigator program to authorize $25,000,000 out of amounts collected by user fees for State-Based Exchanges. The amendment ensures that no state shall receive a grant that is less than $1,000,000.

On agreeing to the Shalala amendment; Agreed to by voice vote.

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 377, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Shalala amendment No. 7.

An amendment, offered by Ms. Shalala, numbered 7 printed in House Report 116-61 to state the sense of Congress that the Secretary of HHS should not take any action to prohibit or restrict "silver loading".

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Harder amendment, the Chair put the question on the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Harder demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on agreeing to the amendment until a time to be announced.

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 377, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Harder amendment No. 6.

An amendment, offered by Mr. Harder (CA), numbered 6 printed in House Report 116-61 to provide opioid specific education and training to the Navigators and the Certified Application Counselors (CACs) that ensures they can best educate individuals on the marketplace plans specifically for opioid health care treatment.