[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5972 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5972

  To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to extend the 
annual open enrollment period for enrolling in a qualified health plan 
               offered by an Exchange for plan year 2026.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 7, 2025

   Mr. Pappas (for himself, Ms. Bynum, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Bera, Mrs. 
 Beatty, Mr. Thanedar, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Mr. Riley of New York, 
   Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Mrs. McIver, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Stevens, Ms. 
 Norton, and Ms. Goodlander) introduced the following bill; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to extend the 
annual open enrollment period for enrolling in a qualified health plan 
               offered by an Exchange for plan year 2026.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Right to Enroll Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. EXTENDING ANNUAL OPEN ENROLLMENT PERIOD FOR EXCHANGES FOR PLAN 
              YEAR 2026.

    The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall revise section 
155.410(e) of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor 
regulation) to provide that the annual open enrollment period 
determined for plan year 2026 pursuant to section 1311(c)(6) of the 
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18031(c)(6)) 
shall begin on November 1, 2025, and end on May 1, 2026.
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