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One Hundred Fourteenth Congress of the United States of America
At the First Session
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, the sixth day of January, two thousand and fifteen
H. R. 1624
AN ACT
To amend title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to revise the definition of small employer.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act
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Revision of definition of small employer under health insurance market provisions
PPACA amendments
Section 1304(b) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18024(b)) is amended—
in paragraph (1), by striking 101
and inserting 51
;
in paragraph (2), by striking 100
and inserting 50
; and
by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows:
State option to extend definition of small employer
Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2), nothing in this section shall prevent a State from applying this subsection by treating as a small employer, with respect to a calendar year and a plan year, an employer who employed an average of at least 1 but not more than 100 employees on business days during the preceding calendar year and who employs at least 1 employee on the first day of the plan year.
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PHSA amendments
Section 2791(e) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg–91(e)) is amended—
in paragraph (2), by striking 101
and inserting 51
;
in paragraph (4), by striking 100
and inserting 50
; and
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
State option to extend definition of small employer
Notwithstanding paragraphs (2) and (4), nothing in this section shall prevent a State from applying this subsection by treating as a small employer, with respect to a calendar year and a plan year, an employer who employed an average of at least 1 but not more than 100 employees on business days during the preceding calendar year and who employs at least 1 employee on the first day of the plan year.
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Deposit of savings into Medicare Improvement Fund
Section 1898(b)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395iii(b)(1)) is amended by striking $0
and inserting $205,000,000
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Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate.
