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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. 

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 


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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. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Employee Health Care 

5 Protection Act of 2013’’. 

6 SEC. 2. IF YOU LIKE YOUR GROUP HEALTH INSURANCE 

7 PLAN, YOU CAN KEEP IT. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any provision of 

9 the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (including 

10 any amendment made by such Act or by the Health Care 

11 and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010), a health insur12 ance issuer that has in effect health insurance coverage 

13 in the group market on any date during 2013 may con14 tinue after such date to offer such coverage for sale during 

15 and after 2014 in such market outside of an Exchange 

16 established under section 1311 or 1321 of such Act (42 

17 U.S.C. 18031, 18041). 

18 (b) TREATMENT AS GRANDFATHERED HEALTH

19 PLAN IN SATISFACTION OF MINIMUM ESSENTIAL COV20 ERAGE.—Health insurance coverage described in sub21 section (a) shall be treated as a grandfathered health plan 

22 for purposes of the amendment made by section 1501(b) 

23 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. 


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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 

other purposes. health insurance coverage requirement, and for erage in satisfaction of the minimum essential offer for sale current group health insurance covSEPTEMBER 8, 2014 

Reported from the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014 

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


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