H.R. 6585 (112th): To amend subtitle B of title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to extend ...

...the temporary high-risk insurance pool program to the territories.

112th Congress, 2011–2013. Text as of Nov 06, 2012 (Introduced).

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HR 6585 IH

112th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. R. 6585

To amend subtitle B of title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to extend the temporary high-risk insurance pool program to the territories.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

November 6, 2012

Mrs. CHRISTENSEN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

A BILL

To amend subtitle B of title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to extend the temporary high-risk insurance pool program to the territories.

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

SECTION 1. INCLUSION OF TERRITORIES IN TEMPORARY HIGH-RISK INSURANCE POOL PROGRAM.

    (a) In General- Section 1101 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18001) is amended by adding at the end the following:

    ‘(h) State Defined- Notwithstanding section 1304(d), for purposes of this section the term ‘State’ means each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands of the United States, and any other territory or possession of the United States.’.

    (b) Conforming Amendment- Section 1304(d) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18024(d)) is amended by inserting ‘(except for purposes of section 1101)’ after ‘In this title’.