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H.R. 1076: 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.
- Introduced:
- Mar 12, 2013 (113th Congress, 2013–2015)
- Sponsor:
- Rep. Ralph Hall [R-TX4]
- Status:
- Referred to Committee
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Last updated Mar 12, 2013.
6 pages
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Library of Congress Summary
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3/12/2013--Introduced.
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.
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The bill contains the following citations to other parts of U.S. law:
Slip Laws
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- Public Law 111-148:
H.R. 3590 (111th): Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
United States Code
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- Title 42: THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
- Chapter 157: QUALITY, AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE FOR ALL AMERICANS
- Subchapter III: AVAILABLE COVERAGE CHOICES FOR ALL AMERICANS
- Part D: State Flexibility To Establish Alternative Programs
- Section 18052: Waiver for State innovation