To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide for savings to the Federal Government by permitting pass-through funding for State authorized public entity health benefits pools.
Latest action · Apr 10, 2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Progress
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- IntroducedMar 12, 2013
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to allow a state-authorized public entity benefits pool to apply to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) for pass-through funding with respect to health care benefits provided through the pool for coverage years beginning on or after January 1, 2014. Requires the Secretary to approve such a pool if the health care benefits provided through it will: (1) provide at least the essential health benefits, (2) provide coverage and cost-sharing protections against excessive out-of-pocket spending that are at least as affordable as the health insurance requirements of PPACA would provide, and (3) result in cost savings to the federal government because the cost of coverage through the pool is less than the cost of coverage through an exchange.
Treats an individual covered under such a plan as having minimum essential coverage for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code.
Requires the Secretary to provide for an alternative means by which an aggregate amount shall be paid to the pool annually based on the premium tax credits, cost-sharing reductions, and small business credits that would have been provided to an exchange plan.
Gives the Secretary 180 days to make a determination on an application under this Act.
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 12, 2013 to Feb 11, 2014, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TX | Mac Thornberry | Original | Mar 12, 2013 |
| R-AR | Tom Cotton | Apr 15, 2013 | |
| R-TX | Pete Olson | May 15, 2013 | |
| R-AR | Eric A. "Rick" Crawford | Jun 18, 2013 | |
| R-AR | Tim Griffin | Nov 12, 2013 | |
| R-AR | Steve Womack | Feb 11, 2014 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 10, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Mar 15, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Mar 12, 2013Introduced in House
- Mar 12, 2013Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
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- Mar 12, 2013Introduced in House
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