Patient Centered Healthcare Savings Act of 2013
Latest action · Jan 27, 2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedNov 22, 2013
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Patient Centered Healthcare Savings Act of 2013 - Repeals the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and the health care requirements of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, effective as of their enactment. Restores or revives provisions amended or repealed by such Act or such health care requirements.
Sets conditions for lawsuits arising from health care liability claims regarding health care goods or services or any medical product affecting interstate commerce. Establishes a statute of limitations and limits noneconomic and punitive damages.
Directs that the laws of the state designated by a health insurance issuer (primary state) shall apply to individual health insurance coverage offered by that issuer in the primary state and in any other state (secondary state), but only if the coverage and issuer comply with conditions of this Act.
Authorizes a qualified entity to: (1) use standardized extracts of Medicare claims data it receives for additional non-public analyses; or (2) provide or sell them to registered or authorized users and subscribers, including service providers and suppliers, for non-public use.
Directs the Secretary to provide Medicare claims data to: (1) such qualified entities for non-public use, including to facilitate the development of new models of care; and (2) qualified clinical data registries for specified other purposes.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise provisions related to health savings accounts (HSAs), including to expand eligibility for HSAs to Medicare Part A beneficiaries, veterans eligible for service-connected disability benefits, individuals eligible for Indian health service assistance, and individuals eligible to receive benefits under certain TRICARE plans.
Amends the bankruptcy code to treat HSAs as tax-exempt individual retirement accounts (IRAs) for purposes of exempting them from creditor claims.
Reauthorizes the use of Medicaid health opportunity accounts.
Requires each state to mitigate the cost of high risk individuals in the state through a state reinsurance program or a state high risk pool.
Removes the prohibition on preexisting condition exclusions in the individual health insurance market.
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to pay awards to states for reducing the premiums in the small group market or the individual market or for reducing the percentage of uninsured, nonelderly residents in a state.
Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2013 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to provide for establishment and governance of association health plans, which are group health plans whose sponsors are trade, industry, professional, chamber of commerce, or similar business associations and which meet certain ERISA certification requirements.
Amends ERISA, the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code to require group health plans that provide dependent coverage of children to treat an individual as a dependent until at least 23 years (currently, 26 years) of age.
Amends title XI of the Social Security Act (SSA) to increase civil money penalties, criminal fines, and prison sentences for fraud and abuse under the Medicare program.
Exempts certain provisions from the repeal of PPACA under this Act, including provisions relating to physician-owned hospitals and background checks of employees of long-term care facilities and providers.
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, to establish a plan to require liability insurance (including self-insurance), no fault insurance, and workers' compensation laws and plans to meet the determination and submission requirements for Medicare secondary payers.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 27, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
- Jan 22, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
- Dec 11, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.
- Nov 29, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Nov 22, 2013Introduced in House
Related bills 6
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 44 | MCAP Act | Related bill | Jan 22, 2013 |
| HR 762 | Health Care Choice Act of 2013 | Related bill | Apr 23, 2013 |
| S 1031 | Family and Retirement Health Investment Act of 2013 | Related bill | May 23, 2013 |
| S 1860 | STAR Act of 2013 | Related bill | Dec 19, 2013 |
| HR 3121 | American Health Care Reform Act of 2013 | Related bill | Jan 22, 2014 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Accounting and auditing
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Advisory bodies
- Bankruptcy
- Civil actions and liability
- Comprehensive health care
- Congressional oversight
- Consumer affairs
- Criminal procedure and sentencing
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Department of Labor
- Disability and health-based discrimination
- Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
- Employee benefits and pensions
- Evidence and witnesses
- Family relationships
- Federal preemption
- Fraud offenses and financial crimes
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Government trust funds
- Health
- Health care costs and insurance
- Health care coverage and access
- Health care quality
- Health personnel
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Health technology, devices, supplies
- Income tax deductions
- Income tax exclusion
- Indian social and development programs
- Insurance industry and regulation
- Intergovernmental relations
- Legal fees and court costs
- Licensing and registrations
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Military medicine
- Minority health
- Nutrition and diet
- Physical fitness and lifestyle
- Prescription drugs
- Product safety and quality
- Small business
- State and local government operations
- State and local taxation
- User charges and fees
- Veterans' medical care
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 22, 2013Introduced in House
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