,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cfba  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #bb1       
#bjac,mr4 ,duffy introduced the         
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce 
,a ,,bill  ,to provide for access to    
health insurance coverage of            
life-sustaining treatments furnished by 
certain providers4  #a4 ,providing for  
access to health insurance coverage of  
life-sustaining treatments furnished by 
certain providers  7a7 ,in general      
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 in the case of an individual who   
resides in a ,state and who as of       
,december #ca of a year had in effect   
health insurance coverage that provided 
benefits for a life-sustaining          
treatment1 with respect to a health     
condition of such individual1 furnished 
by a provider that before such date     
furnished one or more services to such  
individual related to such condition1   
if-- 7#a7 such coverage for such        

individual is not continued for the plan
 year beginning after such date2 and    
7#b7 there is no health insurance       
coverage offered in such ,state that    
provides for coverage of such           
life-saving treatment by such provider2 
the individual may enroll in health     
insurance coverage offered in any other 
,state1 which provides for coverage of  
such operation by such provider1 as if  
such individual were a resident of such 
other ,state4  7b7 ,life-,sustaining    
treatment defined ,for purposes of      
subsection 7a71 the term life-sustaining
 treatment means1 with respect to an    
individual1 any medical device or       
procedure1 including a drug1 ventilator1
 surgery1 therapy1 or artificially      
provided fluids and nutrients1 that1 as 
certified by the health care provider of
 such individual1 is required to        
increase life expectancy of such        
individual by restoring or taking over a
 vital bodily function4