,,iii  #aaf? ,,congress  #a/ ,session   
,s4 ,,res4 #bgc  ,,9 ,,! ,,s5ate ,,( ,,!
 ,,unit$ ,,/ates  ,july #i1 #bjai ,mr4  
,m]kley 7= himself1 ,mr4 ,m55dez1 ,mr4  
,s*atz1 ,ms4 ,baldw91 ,mrs4 ,%ahe51 ,mr4
 ,murphy1 ,mr4 ,s&]s1 ,ms4 ,hassan1 ,mr4
 ,c>d91 ,mr4 ,durb91 ,mr4 ,blum5?al1    
,mrs4 ,gillibr&1 ,ms4 ,duckwor?1 ,mr4   
,br[n1 ,ms4 ,klobu*>1 ,ms4 ,w>r51 ,mr4  
,m>key1 & ,mrs4 ,fe9/e97 submitt$ !     
foll[+ resolution2 :i* 0 ref]r$ to !    
,committee on ,heal?1 ,education1       
,labor1 & ,p5sions  ,,resolution        
,express+ ! s5se ( ! ,s5ate ) respect to
 heal? c>e rights4  ,t x is ! s5se ( !  
,s5ate t all p ( ! ,unit$ ,/ates h !    
"r-- 7#a7 to af=dable heal? insurance   
cov]age1 includ+--  7,a7 ! "r (         
individuals ) pre-exi/+ conditions to   
secure heal? insurance ) ! same t]ms1   
b5efits1 & price z individuals :o d n h 
pre-exi/+ conditions2  7,b7 ! "r to a   
compreh5sive set ( ess5tial heal?       
b5efits 9 ! individual & small gr\p     
m>kets2  7,c7 ! "r to /ay on a p>5t's   

policy until age #bf = "y adults :o meet
 c]ta9 requirem5ts2  7,d7 ! "r to keep  
heal? cov]age aft] gett+ sick1 ev5 if ! 
individual made an hone/ mi/ake on 8 or 
h] insurance application2  7,e7 ! "r to 
use an individual's own res\rces to     
pur*ase & pay = treatm5t or s]vices2 &  
7,f7 ! "r to a cap on ! ye>ly d$uctibles
 & o!r out-(-pocket co/s an individual  
is requir$ to pay = cov]$ s]vices "u a  
heal? insurance plan2  7#b7 to cov]age &
 access to heal? c>e s]vices1 includ+-- 
7,a7 ! "r to heal? insurance cov]age    
reg>dless ( an individual's pre-exi/+   
m$ical conditions or heal? /atus2  7,b7 
! "r to c]ta9 prev5tive scre5+s )\t pay+
 out-(-pocket fees or copaym5ts2  7,c7 !
 "r to heal? insurance t provides value 
relative to ! premium co/2  7,d7 ! "r to
 be held h>mless f surprise m$ical      
bills2  7,e7 ! "r to cov]age ( m5tal    
heal? & sub/ance abuse s]vices ) no     
annual or lifetime limits 7includ+      
behavioral heal? treatm5t1 m5tal &      
behavioral heal? inpati5t s]vices1      

sub/ance use disord] treatm5t72  7,f7 ! 
"r to m5tal heal? & sub/ance abuse      
b5efits )\t f9ancial1 treatm5t1 or c>e  
managem5t limitations t only apply to   
su* b5efits2  7,g7 ! "r to access all   
smok+ cessation m$ications t are approv$
 by ! ,food & ,drug ,adm9i/ration2  7,h7
 ! "r to *oose a provid]1 & to receive  
an accurate li/ ( all p>ticipat+        
provid]s2  7,i7 ! "r to access doctors1 
speciali/s1 & hospitals2  7,j7 ! "r to  
em]g5cy m$ical s]vices )\t-- 7i7        
preau?orization = em]g5cy s]vices2  7ii7
 extra adm9i/rative hurdles =           
out-(-network em]g5cy s]vices2 or  7iii7
 high] co/-%>+ = out-(-network em]g5cy  
s]vices ?an 9-network em]g5cy s]vices2  
7,k7 ! "r to af=dable m$ications2  7,l7 
! "r to physical1 m5tal1 & oral c>e2    
7,m7 ! "r to a treatm5t plan f provid] =
 a complex or s]i\s m$ical condition2   
7,n7 ! "r to g directly to a wom5's     
heal? c>e speciali/ 7includ+            
ob/etricians & gynecologi/s7 )\t a      
ref]ral = r\t9e & prev5tive heal? c>e   

s]vices2  7,o7 ! "r to a full scope (   
reproductive heal? s]vices1 includ+     
contraceptive c>e1 pregnancy-relat$ c>e1
 pr5atal c>e1 misc>riage managem5t1     
family plann+ s]vices1 abortion c>e1    
labor & deliv]y s]vices1 & po/natal c>e2
  7,p7 ! "r to brea/fe$+ support1       
c\nsel+1 & equipm5t 7includ+ manual &   
electric pump+ equipm5t72  7,q7 ! "r to 
prescription m$ications & m$ical &      
surgical s]vices relat$ to g5d]         
transition2  7,r7 ! "r to try           
inve/igational drugs2  7,s7 ! "r to a   
second m$ical op9ion2  7,t7 ! "r to home
 c>e s]vices2  7,u7 ! "r to a full scope
 ( hospice & palliative c>e1 &          
end-(-life options2 &  7,v7 ! "r (      
p$iatric pati5ts to a full scope (      
s]vices (f]$ to adult pati5ts2  7#c7 to 
heal? in=mation & records privacy2  7#d7
 to explanations ( cov]age decisions1   
includ+-- 7,a7 ! "r to an explanation & 
appeal if a plan d5ies paym5t = a m$ical
 treatm5t or s]vice2  7,b7 ! "r to an   
int]nal appeal ( paym5t decisions (     

private heal? plans if ! heal? plan     
refuses to make a paym5t2  7,c7 ! "r to 
a review by an outside review1 by an    
indep5d5t organization2 &  7,d7 ! "r to 
compla91 ?r\gh grievances processes2    
7#e7 to transp>5cy1 includ+-- 7,a7 ! "r 
to an easy-to-und]/& summ>y ( b5efits & 
cov]age2  7,b7 ! "r to at lea/ #cj days'
 notice if an insur] cancels cov]age2   
7,c7 ! "r to cle> ju/ification &        
explanation = premium increases t are   
unreasonable2  7,d7 ! "r to "k h[ an    
enrollee's plan pays its provid]s2  7,e7
 ! "r to give in=m$ cons5t & und]/&+    
ab\t m$ical conditions1 risks & b5efits 
( treatm5t1 & appropriate alt]natives2  
7,f7 ! "r to "k h[ drug companies set   
drug prices2 &  7,g7 ! "r to "k ! am\nt 
( money ph>macy b5efit manag]s keep & ! 
am\nt ( sav+s f ph>macy b5efits manag]s 
t rea* pati5ts & consum]s2  7#f7 to     
protection f discrim9ation1 includ+ on !
 basis ( race1 color1 national orig91   
sex 7includ+ sexual ori5tation & g5d]   
id5tity71 age1 disability1 or           

docum5tation /atus2 &  7#g7 to          
culturally appropriate c>e1 includ+     
heal? c>e s]vices 9 a language t !      
pati5t und]/&s & t is culturally        
s5sitive4