I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 4714 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 ``Worker Health Coverage Protection Act''. SEC. 2. PRESERVING HEALTH BENEFITS FOR WORKERS. (a) Premium Assistance for COBRA Continuation Coverage and Furloughed Continuation Coverage for Individuals and Their Families.-- (1) Provision of premium assistance.-- (A) Reduction of premiums payable.-- (i) COBRA continuation coverage.--In the case of any premium for a period of coverage during the period beginning on March 1, 2020, and ending on January 31, 2021 for COBRA continuation coverage with respect to any assistance eligible individual described in paragraph (3)(A), such individual shall be treated for purposes of any COBRA continuation provision as having paid the amount of such premium if such individual pays (and any person other than such individual's employer pays on behalf of such individual) 0 percent of the amount of such premium owed by such individual (as determined without regard to this subsection).…
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