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[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3522 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                 Union Calendar No. 430
113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3522

                      [Report No. 113-580, Part I]

  To authorize health insurance issuers to continue to offer for sale 
current group health insurance coverage in satisfaction of the minimum 
    essential health insurance coverage requirement, and for other 
                               purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 18, 2013

 Mr. Cassidy introduced the following bill; which was referred 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

                           September 8, 2014

    Additional sponsors: Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Harper, Mr. Murphy of 
    Pennsylvania, Mr. Kinzinger of Illinois, Mr. Westmoreland, Mr. 
                  Bilirakis, Mr. Pearce, and Mr. Terry

                           September 8, 2014

           Reported from the Committee on Energy and Commerce

                           September 8, 2014

The Committee on Ways and Means discharged; committed to the Committee 
 of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 
  To authorize health insurance issuers to continue to offer for sale 
current group health insurance coverage in satisfaction of the minimum 
    essential health insurance coverage requirement, and for other 
                               purposes.

 

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Employee Health Care Protection Act 
of 2013''.

SEC. 2. IF YOU LIKE YOUR GROUP HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN, YOU CAN KEEP IT.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any provision of the Patient 
Protection and Affordable Care Act (including any amendment made by 
such Act or by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 
2010), a health insurance issuer that has in effect health insurance 
coverage in the group market on any date during 2013 may continue after 
such date to offer such coverage for sale during and after 2014 in such 
market outside of an Exchange established under section 1311 or 1321 of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 18031, 18041).
    (b) Treatment as Grandfathered Health Plan in Satisfaction of 
Minimum Essential Coverage.--Health insurance coverage described in 
subsection (a) shall be treated as a grandfathered health plan for 
purposes of the amendment made by section 1501(b) of the Patient 
Protection and Affordable Care Act.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 430

113th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 3522

                      [Report No. 113-580, Part I]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

  To authorize health insurance issuers to continue to offer for sale 
current group health insurance coverage in satisfaction of the minimum 
    essential health insurance coverage requirement, and for other 
                               purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           September 8, 2014

           Reported from the Committee on Energy and Commerce

                           September 8, 2014

The Committee on Ways and Means discharged; committed to the Committee 
 of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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