SEC. 4. MODIFICATIONS RETROSPECTIVELY TO PREMIUM 
ASSISTANCE CREDIT. 
(a) EXTENSION OF CREDIT FOR CERTAIN INDIVID-
UALS NOT ENROLLED THROUGH STATE EXCHANGES.— 
Subject to section 8(c)(2), paragraph (3) of section 
36B(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended 
by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(F) SPECIAL RULE FOR INDIVIDUALS EN-
ROLLED THROUGH A FEDERAL EXCHANGE.—In 
the case of any applicable taxpayer who is not 
eligible for the credit allowed under subsection 
(a) (determined without regard to this subpara-
graph) solely as a result of a determination by 
the Supreme Court of the United States in the 
case of King v. Burwell (2015), paragraph 
(2)(A) shall be applied to months beginning be-
fore September 2017, by substituting ‘enrolled 
in through an Exchange established under the 
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’ for 
‘enrolled in through an Exchange established by 
the State under 1311 of the Patient Protection 
and Affordable Care Act’.’’. 
(b) DENIAL OF CREDIT FOR INDIVIDUALS NOT PRE-
VIOUSLY ENROLLED.—Subject to section 8(c)(2), sub-
section (b) of section 36B of the Internal Revenue Code 
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of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) LIMITATION FOR INDIVIDUALS NOT PRE-
VIOUSLY ENROLLED.—The premium assistance cred-
it amount shall be zero with respect to any qualified 
health plan unless such plan covers an individual de-
scribed in paragraph (2)(A) who was enrolled in a 
qualified health plan through an Exchange estab-
lished under the Patient Protection and Affordable 
Care Act before the date of the enactment of this 
paragraph.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to months beginning after Decem-
ber 31, 2013. 
SEC. 5. FREEDOM TO MAINTAIN EXISTING COVERAGE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to section 8(c)(2), part 2 
of subtitle C of title I of the Patient Protection and Af-
fordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18011 et seq.) is amended 
by striking section 1251 and inserting the following: 
‘‘SEC. 1251. FREEDOM TO MAINTAIN EXISTING COVERAGE. 
‘‘(a) NO CHANGES TO EXISTING COVERAGE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this Act (or an 
amendment made by this Act) shall be construed to 
require that an individual terminate coverage under 
a group health plan or health insurance coverage in 
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which such individual was enrolled during any part 
of the period beginning on the date of enactment of 
this Act and ending on December 31, 2017. 
‘‘(2) CONTINUATION OF COVERAGE.—With re-
spect to a group health plan or health insurance cov-
erage in which an individual was enrolled during any 
part of the period beginning on the date of enact-
ment of this Act and ending on December 31, 2017, 
this subtitle and subtitle A (and the amendments 
made by such subtitles) shall not apply to such plan 
or coverage, regardless of whether the individual re-
news such coverage. 
‘‘(b) ALLOWANCE FOR FAMILY MEMBERS TO JOIN 
CURRENT COVERAGE.—With respect to a group health 
plan or health insurance coverage in which an individual 
was enrolled during any part of the period beginning on 
the date of enactment of this Act and ending on December 
31, 2017, and which is renewed, family members of such 
individual shall be permitted to enroll in such plan or cov-
erage if such enrollment is permitted under the terms of 
the plan in effect as of such date of enrollment. 
‘‘(c) ALLOWANCE FOR NEW EMPLOYEES TO JOIN 
CURRENT PLAN.—A group health plan that provides cov-
erage during any part of the period beginning on the date 
of enactment of this Act and ending on December 31, 
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2017, may provide for the enrolling of new employees (and 
their families) in such plan, and this subtitle and subtitle 
A (and the amendments made by such subtitles) shall not 
apply with respect to such plan and such new employees 
(and their families). 
‘‘(d) EFFECT ON COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREE-
MENTS.—In the case of health insurance coverage main-
tained pursuant to one or more collective bargaining 
agreements between employee representatives and one or 
more employers that was ratified before December 31, 
2017, the provisions of this subtitle and subtitle A (and 
the amendments made by such subtitles) shall not apply 
until the date on which the last of the collective bargaining 
agreements relating to the coverage terminates. Any cov-
erage amendment made pursuant to a collective bar-
gaining agreement relating to the coverage which amends 
the coverage solely to conform to any requirement added 
by this subtitle or subtitle A (or amendments) shall not 
be treated as a termination of such collective bargaining 
agreement. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITION.—In this title, the term ‘grand-
fathered health plan’ means any group health plan or 
health insurance coverage to which this section applies.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in the Pa-
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tient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 
111–148). 
SEC. 6. ESSENTIAL HEALTH BENEFITS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to section 8(c)(2), sub-
sections (a) and (b) of section 1302 of the Patient Protec-
tion and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18022) are 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) ESSENTIAL HEALTH BENEFITS PACKAGE.—In 
this title, the term ‘essential health benefits package’ 
means, with respect to any health plan, coverage that pro-
vide for benefits and cost sharing as required in the States 
in which such plan is offered. 
‘‘(b) ESSENTIAL
HEALTH
BENEFITS.—Essential 
health benefits shall be defined to include those required 
by the State in which a health plan is offered.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in the Pa-
tient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 
111–148). 
SEC. 7. REPEAL OF PPACA AND HEALTH CARE-RELATED 
PROVISIONS IN THE HEALTH CARE AND EDU-
CATION RECONCILIATION ACT OF 2010. 
(a) PPACA.—Effective on May 31, 2017, the Patient 
Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111– 
148) is repealed, and the provisions of law amended or 
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repealed by such Act are restored or revived as if such 
Act had not been enacted. 
(b) HEALTH CARE-RELATED PROVISIONS IN THE 
HEALTH CARE AND EDUCATION RECONCILIATION ACT OF 
2010.—Effective on May 31, 2017, title I and subtitle B 
of title II of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation 
Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–152) are repealed, and the 
provisions of law amended or repealed by such title or sub-
title, respectively, are restored or revived as if such title 
and subtitle had not been enacted. 
(c) TREATMENT
OF OVERLAPPING PROVISIONS.— 
Subsections (a) and (b)— 
(1) shall not apply to provisions of law repealed 
by sections 2 and 3 of this Act; and 
(2) shall apply with respect to superseding the 
amendments made by sections 4 through 6 of this 
Act. 
SEC. 8. BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 
The budgetary effects of this Act shall not be entered 
on either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to sec-
tion 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010. 
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