place the woman in danger of death 
unless an abortion is performed, in-
cluding a life-endangering physical 
condition caused by or arising from 
the pregnancy, and 
‘‘(ii) the treatment of any infection, 
injury, disease, or disorder that has been 
caused by or exacerbated by the perform-
ance of an abortion.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
Subtitle C—Medical Expenses 
SEC. 221. CERTAIN EXERCISE EQUIPMENT AND PHYSICAL 
FITNESS PROGRAMS TREATED AS MEDICAL 
CARE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (d) of section 213 of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding 
at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(12) EXERCISE
EQUIPMENT
AND
PHYSICAL 
FITNESS ACTIVITY.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘medical 
care’ shall include amounts paid— 
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‘‘(i) for equipment for use in a pro-
gram (including a self-directed program) of 
physical exercise or physical activity, 
‘‘(ii) to participate, or receive instruc-
tion, in a program of physical exercise, nu-
trition, or health coaching (including a 
self-directed program), and 
‘‘(iii) for membership at a fitness fa-
cility. 
‘‘(B) OVERALL DOLLAR LIMITATION.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Amounts treated 
as medical care under subparagraph (A) 
shall not exceed $1,000 with respect to any 
individual for any taxable year. 
‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION.—Clause (i) shall 
not apply for purposes of determining 
whether expenses reimbursed through a 
health flexible spending arrangement sub-
ject to section 125(i)(1) are incurred for 
medical care. 
‘‘(C) LIMITATIONS
RELATED
TO
SPORTS 
AND FITNESS EQUIPMENT.—Amounts paid for 
equipment described in subparagraph (A)(i) 
shall be treated as medical care only— 
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‘‘(i) if such equipment is utilized ex-
clusively for participation in fitness, exer-
cise, sport, or other physical activity pro-
grams, 
‘‘(ii) if such equipment is not apparel 
or footwear, and 
‘‘(iii) in the case of any item of sports 
equipment (other than exercise equip-
ment), to the extent the amount paid for 
such item does not exceed $250. 
‘‘(D) FITNESS FACILITY.—For purposes of 
subparagraph (A)(iii), the term ‘fitness facility’ 
means a facility— 
‘‘(i) which provides instruction in a 
program of physical exercise, offers facili-
ties for the preservation, maintenance, en-
couragement, or development of physical 
fitness, or serves as the site of such a pro-
gram of a State or local government, 
‘‘(ii) which is not a private club owned 
and operated by its members, 
‘‘(iii) which does not offer golf, hunt-
ing, sailing, or riding facilities, 
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‘‘(iv) whose health or fitness facility is 
not incidental to its overall function and 
purpose, and 
‘‘(v) which is fully compliant with the 
State of jurisdiction and Federal anti-dis-
crimination laws.’’. 
(b) LIMITATION NOT TO APPLY FOR CERTAIN PUR-
POSES.— 
(1) HEALTH
SAVINGS
ACCOUNTS.—Subpara-
graph (A) of section 223(c)(2) of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986, as amended and redesignated by 
subtitle B, is further amended by inserting ‘‘, deter-
mined without regard to paragraph (12)(B) there-
of)’’ after ‘‘medical care (as defined in section 
213(d)’’. 
(2) ARCHER MSAS.—Subparagraph (A) of sec-
tion 220(d)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986, as amended by subtitle B, is further amended 
by inserting ‘‘, determined without regard to para-
graph (12)(B) thereof’’ after ‘‘medical care (as de-
fined in section 213(d)’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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SEC. 222. CERTAIN NUTRITIONAL AND DIETARY SUPPLE-
MENTS TO BE TREATED AS MEDICAL CARE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (d) of section 213 of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended by section 
221, is further amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(13) NUTRITIONAL
AND
DIETARY
SUPPLE-
MENTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘medical 
care’ shall include amounts paid to purchase 
herbs, vitamins, minerals, homeopathic rem-
edies, meal replacement products, and other di-
etary and nutritional supplements. 
‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—Amounts treated as 
medical care under subparagraph (A) shall not 
exceed $1,000 with respect to any individual for 
any taxable year. 
‘‘(C) MEAL
REPLACEMENT
PRODUCT.— 
For purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘meal 
replacement product’ means any product that— 
‘‘(i) is permitted to bear labeling mak-
ing a claim described in section 403(r)(3) 
of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 
Act, and 
‘‘(ii) is permitted to claim under such 
section that such product is low in fat and 
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is a good source of protein, fiber, and mul-
tiple essential vitamins and minerals. 
‘‘(D) 
EXCEPTION.—Subparagraph 
(B) 
shall not apply for purposes of determining 
whether expenses reimbursed through a health 
flexible spending arrangement subject to section 
125(i)(1) are incurred for medical care.’’. 
(b) LIMITATION NOT TO APPLY FOR CERTAIN PUR-
POSES.— 
(1) HEALTH
SAVINGS
ACCOUNTS.—Subpara-
graph (A) of section 223(c)(2) of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986, as amended and redesignated by 
this Act, is amended by striking ‘‘paragraph 
(12)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (12)(B) and 
(13)(B)’’. 
(2) ARCHER MSAS.—Subparagraph (A) of sec-
tion 220(d)(2), as amended by this Act, is amended 
by striking ‘‘paragraph (12)(B)’’ and inserting 
‘‘paragraphs (12)(B) and (13)(B)’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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SEC. 223. CERTAIN PROVIDER FEES TO BE TREATED AS 
MEDICAL CARE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (d) of section 213 of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended by sec-
tions 221 and 222, is amended by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(14) PERIODIC
PROVIDER
FEES.—The term 
‘medical care’ shall include— 
‘‘(A) periodic fees paid to a primary care 
physician for a defined set of medical services 
or the right to receive medical services on an 
as-needed basis, and 
‘‘(B) pre-paid primary care services de-
signed to screen for, diagnose, cure, mitigate, 
treat, 
or 
prevent 
disease 
and 
promote 
wellness.’’. 
(b) EXCEPTION
FOR
FLEXIBLE
SPENDING
AC-
COUNTS.—Section 125 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 is amended by redesignating subsections (k) and (l) 
as subsections (l) and (m), respectively, and by inserting 
after subsection (j) the following new subsection: 
‘‘(k) SPECIAL RULE WITH RESPECT TO HEALTH 
FLEXIBLE SPENDING ARRANGEMENTS.—For purposes of 
applying this section with respect to any health flexible 
spending arrangement, amounts described in section 
213(d)(14) shall not be considered insurance.’’. 
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(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 224. CLARIFICATION OF TREATMENT OF CAPITATED 
PRIMARY CARE PAYMENTS AS AMOUNTS 
PAID FOR MEDICAL CARE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (d) of section 213 of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended by the 
preceding provisions of this Act, is amended by adding at 
the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(15) TREATMENT
OF
CAPITATED
PRIMARY 
CARE PAYMENTS.—Capitated primary care payments 
shall be treated as amounts paid for medical care.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
Subtitle D—Miscellaneous 
SEC. 231. CONTRIBUTIONS OF MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES 
PARTICIPATING IN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE 
MSA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 138(b) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking paragraph 
(2) and by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as para-
graphs (2) and (3), respectively. 
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 232. PHYSICIAN CHARITY AND UNCOMPENSATED 
CARE DEDUCTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part VI of subchapter B of chap-
ter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended 
by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 199A. PHYSICIAN CHARITY AND UNCOMPENSATED 
CARE. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a physician, there 
shall be allowed as a deduction for the taxable year an 
amount equal to the sum of— 
‘‘(1) the amount such physician would have oth-
erwise charged for qualified charity care provided by 
such physician during such taxable year, and 
‘‘(2) the amount of any debt owed to such phy-
sician for physicians’ services which becomes worth-
less during such taxable year. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section— 
‘‘(1) PHYSICIAN.—The term ‘physician’ has the 
meaning given to such term in section 1861(r) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(r)). 
‘‘(2) QUALIFIED
CHARITY
CARE.—The term 
‘qualified charity care’ means physicians’ services 
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provided on a volunteer or pro bono basis (not in-
cluding any services for which an amount was 
charged but not paid). 
‘‘(3) PHYSICIANS’ SERVICES.—The term ‘physi-
cians’ services’ has the meaning given such term in 
section 1861(q) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395x(q)). 
‘‘(c) LIMITATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) 
SERVICE
CHARGE
LIMITATION.—The 
amount determined under subsection (a) with re-
spect to any services or debt— 
‘‘(A) shall be reduced by any reimburse-
ment received by the physician for such services 
or debt, and 
‘‘(B) shall not exceed the economic index 
referred to in the fourth sentence of section 
1842(b)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395u(b)(3)) applicable to the qualified 
charity care provided or the services provided 
with respect to which the debt relates. 
In the case of physicians’ services to which such eco-
nomic index is not applicable, the Secretary, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, shall use data on uncompensated care for 
purposes of the limitation under subparagraph (B), 
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and may adjust such data so as to be an appropriate 
proxy, including (in the case of qualified charity 
care) a downward adjustment to eliminate bad debt 
data from uncompensated care data. 
‘‘(2) OVERALL
LIMITATION.—The amount al-
lowed as a deduction under subsection (a) for any 
taxable year shall not exceed an amount equal to 10 
percent of the gross income of the taxpayer for the 
taxable year derived from the taxpayer’s provision of 
physicians’ services. 
‘‘(d) DENIAL OF DOUBLE BENEFIT.—No deduction 
shall be allowed under section 166 or any other provision 
of this title for the amount of any bad debt taken into 
account under subsection (a)(2) (as reduced, if applicable, 
under subsection (c)).’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for part VI of subchapter B of chapter 1 of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end 
the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 199A. Physician charity and uncompensated care.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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TITLE III—INDIVIDUAL HEALTH 
INSURANCE REFORM 
SEC. 301. POOL REFORM FOR INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP 
EXPANSION. 
The Public Health Service Act is amended by insert-
ing after title XXXIII the following new title: 
‘‘TITLE 
XXXIV—POOL 
REFORM 
FOR 
INDIVIDUAL 
MEMBER-
SHIP EXPANSION 
‘‘SEC. 3400. PURPOSE. 
‘‘The purpose of this title is to provide, through the 
establishment of independent health pools (referred to in 
this title as ‘IHP’), for the reform of, and expansion of 
enrollment in, health insurance coverage for individuals 
and small employers. 
‘‘SEC. 3401. DEFINITION OF INDEPENDENT HEALTH POOL. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this title, the 
terms ‘individual health pool’ and ‘IHP’ mean a legal non-
profit entity that meets the following requirements: 
‘‘(1) ORGANIZATION.—The IHP— 
‘‘(A) has been formed and maintained in 
good faith for a purpose that includes the for-
mation of a risk pool in order to offer health in-
surance coverage to its members; 
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‘‘(B) does not condition membership in the 
IHP on any health status-related factor relating 
to an individual (including an employee of an 
employer or a dependent of an employee); 
‘‘(C) does not make health insurance cov-
erage offered through the IHP available other 
than in connection with a member of the IHP; 
‘‘(D) is not a health insurance issuer; and 
‘‘(E) does not receive any consideration di-
rectly or indirectly from any health insurance 
issuer in connection with the enrollment of any 
individuals, or employees of employers, in any 
health insurance coverage, except in conjunction 
with services offered through the IHP. 
‘‘(2) 
OFFERING
HEALTH
BENEFITS
COV-
ERAGE.— 
‘‘(A) DIFFERENT GROUPS.—The IHP, in 
conjunction with those health insurance issuers 
that offer health benefits coverage through the 
IHP, makes available health benefits coverage 
in the manner described in subsection (b) to all 
members of the IHP and the dependents of 
such members (and, in the case of small em-
ployers, employees and their dependents) in the 
manner described in subsection (c)(2) at rates 
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that are established by the health insurance 
issuer on a policy or product specific basis and 
that may vary for individuals covered through 
an IHP. 
‘‘(B) NONDISCRIMINATION
IN
COVERAGE 
OFFERED.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to clause 
(ii), the IHP may not offer health benefits 
coverage to a member of an IHP unless 
the same coverage is offered to all such 
members of the IHP. 
‘‘(ii) 
CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing 
in 
this title shall be construed as requiring or 
permitting a health insurance issuer to 
provide coverage outside the service area of 
the issuer, as approved under State law, or 
preventing a health insurance issuer from 
underwriting or from excluding or limiting 
the coverage on any individual, subject to 
the requirement of section 2741 (relating 
to guaranteed availability of individual 
health insurance coverage to certain indi-
viduals with prior group coverage). 
‘‘(C) NO ASSUMPTION OF INSURANCE RISK 
BY IHP.—The IHP provides health benefits cov-
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erage only through contracts with health insur-
ance issuers and does not assume insurance 
risk with respect to such coverage. 
‘‘(3) GEOGRAPHIC AREAS.—Nothing in this title 
shall be construed as preventing the establishment 
and operation of more than one IHP in a geographic 
area or as limiting the number of IHPs that may 
operate in any area. 
‘‘(4) PROVISION OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES 
TO PURCHASERS.—The IHP may provide adminis-
trative services for members. Such services may in-
clude accounting, billing, and enrollment informa-
tion. 
‘‘(b) HEALTH
BENEFITS
COVERAGE
REQUIRE-
MENTS.— 
‘‘(1) COMPLIANCE
WITH
CONSUMER
PROTEC-
TION REQUIREMENTS.—Except as provided in sec-
tion 3402, any health benefits coverage offered 
through an IHP— 
‘‘(A) shall be issued by a health insurance 
issuer that meets all applicable State standards 
relating to consumer protection; 
‘‘(B) shall be approved or otherwise per-
mitted to be offered under State law; and 
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‘‘(C) may not impose any exclusion of a 
specific disease from such coverage. 
‘‘(2) WELLNESS BONUSES FOR HEALTH PRO-
MOTION.—Nothing in this title shall be construed as 
precluding a health insurance issuer offering health 
benefits coverage through an IHP from establishing 
premium discounts or rebates for members or from 
modifying 
otherwise 
applicable 
copayments 
or 
deductibles in return for adherence to programs of 
health promotion and disease prevention so long as 
such programs are agreed to in advance by the IHP 
and comply with all other provisions of this title and 
do not discriminate among similarly situated mem-
bers. 
‘‘(c) MEMBERS; HEALTH INSURANCE ISSUERS.— 
‘‘(1) MEMBERS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Under rules estab-
lished to carry out this title, with respect to an 
individual or small employer who is a member 
of an IHP, the individual may enroll for health 
benefits coverage (including coverage for de-
pendents of such individual) or the employer 
may enroll employees for health benefits cov-
erage (including coverage for dependents of 
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such employees) offered by a health insurance 
issuer through the IHP. 
‘‘(B) RULES FOR ENROLLMENT.—Nothing 
in this paragraph shall preclude an IHP from 
establishing rules of enrollment and reenroll-
ment of members. Such rules shall be applied 
consistently to all members within the IHP and 
shall not be based in any manner on health sta-
tus-related factors. 
‘‘(2) HEALTH INSURANCE ISSUERS.—The con-
tract between an IHP and a health insurance issuer 
shall provide, with respect to a member enrolled with 
health benefits coverage offered by the issuer 
through the IHP, for the payment to the issuer of 
the premiums (if any) collected by the IHP for 
health insurance coverage offered by the issuer. 
‘‘SEC. 3402. APPLICATION OF CERTAIN LAWS AND REQUIRE-
MENTS. 
‘‘(a) PREEMPTION OF STATE LAWS RESTRICTING 
FORMATION OF IHPS.—Any State law or regulation relat-
ing to the composition or organization of an IHP is pre-
empted to the extent the law or regulation is inconsistent 
with the provisions of this title. 
‘‘(b) PREEMPTION OF STATE REQUIREMENTS RE-
LATING TO HEALTH BENEFIT COVERAGE.— 
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‘‘(1) BENEFIT REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), State laws are superseded, and shall 
not apply to health benefits coverage made 
available through an IHP, insofar as such laws 
impose benefit requirements for such coverage, 
including requirements relating to coverage of 
specific providers, specific services or condi-
tions, or the amount, duration, or scope of ben-
efits. 
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION
FOR
FEDERALLY
IM-
POSED
REQUIREMENTS
AND
FOR
REQUIRE-
MENTS PROHIBITING DISEASE-SPECIFIC EXCLU-
SIONS.—Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to a 
requirement to the extent the requirement— 
‘‘(i) implements title XXVII or other 
Federal law; or 
‘‘(ii) prohibits imposition of an exclu-
sion of a specific disease from health bene-
fits coverage. 
‘‘(2) OTHER REQUIREMENTS PREVENTING OF-
FERING
OF
COVERAGE
THROUGH
AN
IHP.—State 
laws are superseded, and shall not apply to health 
benefits coverage made available through an IHP, 
insofar as such laws impose any other requirements 
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(including limitations on compensation arrange-
ments) that, directly or indirectly, preclude (or have 
the effect of precluding) the offering of such cov-
erage through an IHP, if the IHP meets the re-
quirements of this title. 
‘‘(c) PREEMPTION OF STATE PREMIUM RATING RE-
QUIREMENTS.—State laws are superseded, and shall not 
apply to the premiums imposed for health benefits cov-
erage made available through an IHP, insofar as such 
laws impose restrictions on the variation of premiums 
among such coverage offered to members of the IHP. 
‘‘SEC. 3403. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘For purposes of this title: 
‘‘(1) DEPENDENT.—The term ‘dependent’, as 
applied to health insurance coverage offered by a 
health insurance issuer licensed (or otherwise regu-
lated) in a State, shall have the meaning applied to 
such term with respect to such coverage under the 
laws of the State relating to such coverage and such 
an issuer. Such term may include the spouse and 
children of the individual involved. 
‘‘(2) HEALTH BENEFITS COVERAGE.—The term 
‘health benefits coverage’ has the meaning given the 
term 
‘health 
insurance 
coverage’ 
in 
section 
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2791(b)(1), and does not include excepted benefits 
(as defined in section 2791(c)). 
‘‘(3) HEALTH INSURANCE ISSUER.—The term 
‘health insurance issuer’ has the meaning given such 
term in section 2791(b)(2). 
‘‘(4) HEALTH STATUS-RELATED FACTOR.—The 
term ‘health status-related factor’ has the meaning 
given such term in section 2791(d)(9). 
‘‘(5) MEMBER.—The term ‘member’ means, 
with respect to an IHP, an individual or small em-
ployer who is a member of the legal entity described 
in section 3401(a)(1) to which the IHP is offering 
coverage. 
‘‘(6) SMALL EMPLOYER.—The term ‘small em-
ployer’ has the meaning given such term in section 
712(c)(1)(B) of the Employee Retirement and In-
come Security Act of 1974.’’. 
SEC. 
302. 
COOPERATIVE 
GOVERNING 
OF 
INDIVIDUAL 
HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title XXVII of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg et seq.) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new part: 
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‘‘PART D—COOPERATIVE GOVERNING OF 
INDIVIDUAL HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE 
‘‘SEC. 2795. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this part: 
‘‘(1) PRIMARY
STATE.—The term ‘primary 
State’ means, with respect to individual health insur-
ance coverage offered by a health insurance issuer, 
the State designated by the issuer as the State 
whose covered laws shall govern the health insurance 
issuer in the sale of such coverage under this part. 
An issuer, with respect to a particular policy, may 
only designate one such State as its primary State 
with respect to all such coverage it offers. Such an 
issuer may not change the designated primary State 
with respect to individual health insurance coverage 
once the policy is issued, except that such a change 
may be made upon renewal of the policy. With re-
spect to such designated State, the issuer is deemed 
to be doing business in that State. 
‘‘(2) SECONDARY STATE.—The term ‘secondary 
State’ means, with respect to individual health insur-
ance coverage offered by a health insurance issuer, 
any State that is not the primary State. In the case 
of a health insurance issuer that is selling a policy 
in, or to a resident of, a secondary State, the issuer 
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is deemed to be doing business in that secondary 
State. 
‘‘(3) HEALTH INSURANCE ISSUER.—The term 
‘health insurance issuer’ has the meaning given such 
term in section 2791(b)(2), except that such an 
issuer must be licensed in the primary State and be 
qualified to sell individual health insurance coverage 
in that State. 
‘‘(4) INDIVIDUAL
HEALTH
INSURANCE
COV-
ERAGE.—The term ‘individual health insurance cov-
erage’ means health insurance coverage offered in 
the individual market, as defined in section 
2791(e)(1). 
‘‘(5) APPLICABLE
STATE
AUTHORITY.—The 
term ‘applicable State authority’ means, with respect 
to a health insurance issuer in a State, the State in-
surance commissioner or official or officials des-
ignated by the State to enforce the requirements of 
this title for the State with respect to the issuer. 
‘‘(6) HAZARDOUS FINANCIAL CONDITION.—The 
term ‘hazardous financial condition’ means that, 
based on its present or reasonably anticipated finan-
cial condition, a health insurance issuer is unlikely 
to be able— 
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‘‘(A) to meet obligations to policyholders 
with respect to known claims and reasonably 
anticipated claims; or 
‘‘(B) to pay other obligations in the normal 
course of business. 
‘‘(7) COVERED LAWS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘covered 
laws’ means the laws, rules, regulations, agree-
ments, and orders governing the insurance busi-
ness pertaining to— 
‘‘(i) individual health insurance cov-
erage issued by a health insurance issuer; 
‘‘(ii) the offer, sale, rating (including 
medical 
underwriting), 
renewal, 
and 
issuance of individual health insurance cov-
erage to an individual; 
‘‘(iii) the provision to an individual in 
relation to individual health insurance cov-
erage of health care and insurance related 
services; 
‘‘(iv) the provision to an individual in 
relation to individual health insurance cov-
erage of management, operations, and in-
vestment activities of a health insurance 
issuer; and 
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‘‘(v) the provision to an individual in 
relation to individual health insurance cov-
erage of loss control and claims adminis-
tration for a health insurance issuer with 
respect to liability for which the issuer pro-
vides insurance. 
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—Such term does not in-
clude any law, rule, regulation, agreement, or 
order governing the use of care or cost manage-
ment techniques, including any requirement re-
lated to provider contracting, network access or 
adequacy, health care data collection, or quality 
assurance. 
‘‘(8) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means the 50 
States and includes the District of Columbia, Puerto 
Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, 
and the Northern Mariana Islands. 
‘‘(9) UNFAIR
CLAIMS
SETTLEMENT
PRAC-
TICES.—The term ‘unfair claims settlement prac-
tices’ means only the following practices: 
‘‘(A) Knowingly misrepresenting to claim-
ants and insured individuals relevant facts or 
policy provisions relating to coverage at issue. 
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‘‘(B) Failing to acknowledge with reason-
able promptness pertinent communications with 
respect to claims arising under policies. 
‘‘(C) Failing to adopt and implement rea-
sonable standards for the prompt investigation 
and settlement of claims arising under policies. 
‘‘(D) Failing to effectuate prompt, fair, 
and equitable settlement of claims submitted in 
which liability has become reasonably clear. 
‘‘(E) Refusing to pay claims without con-
ducting a reasonable investigation. 
‘‘(F) Failing to affirm or deny coverage of 
claims within a reasonable period of time after 
having completed an investigation related to 
those claims. 
‘‘(G) A pattern or practice of compelling 
insured individuals or their beneficiaries to in-
stitute suits to recover amounts due under its 
policies by offering substantially less than the 
amounts ultimately recovered in suits brought 
by them. 
‘‘(H) A pattern or practice of attempting 
to settle or settling claims for less than the 
amount that a reasonable person would believe 
the insured individual or his or her beneficiary 
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was entitled by reference to written or printed 
advertising material accompanying or made 
part of an application. 
‘‘(I) Attempting to settle or settling claims 
on the basis of an application that was materi-
ally altered without notice to, or knowledge or 
consent of, the insured. 
‘‘(J) Failing to provide forms necessary to 
present claims within 15 calendar days of re-
quests with reasonable explanations regarding 
their use. 
‘‘(K) Attempting to cancel a policy in less 
time than that prescribed in the policy or by the 
law of the primary State. 
‘‘(10) FRAUD AND ABUSE.—The term ‘fraud 
and abuse’ means an act or omission committed by 
a person who, knowingly and with intent to defraud, 
commits, or conceals any material information con-
cerning, one or more of the following: 
‘‘(A) Presenting, causing to be presented, 
or preparing with knowledge or belief that it 
will be presented to or by an insurer, a rein-
surer, or broker or its agent, false information 
as part of, in support of, or concerning a fact 
material to one or more of the following: 
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‘‘(i) An application for the issuance or 
renewal of an insurance policy or reinsur-
ance contract. 
‘‘(ii) The rating of an insurance policy 
or reinsurance contract. 
‘‘(iii) A claim for payment or benefit 
pursuant to an insurance policy or reinsur-
ance contract. 
‘‘(iv) Premiums paid on an insurance 
policy or reinsurance contract. 
‘‘(v) Payments made in accordance 
with the terms of an insurance policy or 
reinsurance contract. 
‘‘(vi) A document filed with the com-
missioner or the chief insurance regulatory 
official of another jurisdiction. 
‘‘(vii) The financial condition of an in-
surer or reinsurer. 
‘‘(viii) The formation, acquisition, 
merger, 
reconsolidation, 
dissolution 
or 
withdrawal from one or more lines of in-
surance or reinsurance in all or part of a 
State by an insurer or reinsurer. 
‘‘(ix) The issuance of written evidence 
of insurance. 
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‘‘(x) The reinstatement of an insur-
ance policy. 
‘‘(B) Solicitation or acceptance of new or 
renewal insurance risks on behalf of an insurer, 
reinsurer, or other person engaged in the busi-
ness of insurance by a person who knows or 
should know that the insurer or other person 
responsible for the risk is insolvent at the time 
of the transaction. 
‘‘(C) Transaction of the business of insur-
ance in violation of laws requiring a license, cer-
tificate of authority, or other legal authority for 
the transaction of the business of insurance. 
‘‘(D) Attempt to commit, aiding or abet-
ting in the commission of, or conspiracy to com-
mit the acts or omissions specified in this para-
graph. 
‘‘SEC. 2796. APPLICATION OF LAW. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The covered laws of the primary 
State shall apply to individual health insurance coverage 
offered by a health insurance issuer in the primary State 
and in any secondary State, but only if the coverage and 
issuer comply with the conditions of this section with re-
spect to the offering of coverage in any secondary State. 
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‘‘(b) EXEMPTIONS FROM COVERED LAWS IN A SEC-
ONDARY STATE.—Except as provided in this section, a 
health insurance issuer with respect to its offer, sale, rat-
ing (including medical underwriting), renewal, and 
issuance of individual health insurance coverage in any 
secondary State is exempt from any covered laws of the 
secondary State (and any rules, regulations, agreements, 
or orders sought or issued by such State under or related 
to such covered laws) to the extent that such laws would— 
‘‘(1) make unlawful, or regulate, directly or in-
directly, the operation of the health insurance issuer 
operating in the secondary State, except that any 
secondary State may require such an issuer— 
‘‘(A) to pay, on a nondiscriminatory basis, 
applicable premium and other taxes (including 
high risk pool assessments) which are levied on 
insurers and surplus lines insurers, brokers, or 
policyholders under the laws of the State; 
‘‘(B) to register with and designate the 
State insurance commissioner as its agent solely 
for the purpose of receiving service of legal doc-
uments or process; 
‘‘(C) to submit to an examination of its fi-
nancial condition by the State insurance com-
missioner in any State in which the issuer is 
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doing business to determine the issuer’s finan-
cial condition, if— 
‘‘(i) the State insurance commissioner 
of the primary State has not done an ex-
amination within the period recommended 
by the National Association of Insurance 
Commissioners; and 
‘‘(ii) any such examination is con-
ducted in accordance with the examiners’ 
handbook of the National Association of 
Insurance Commissioners and is coordi-
nated to avoid unjustified duplication and 
unjustified repetition; 
‘‘(D) to comply with a lawful order 
issued— 
‘‘(i) in a delinquency proceeding com-
menced by the State insurance commis-
sioner if there has been a finding of finan-
cial impairment under subparagraph (C); 
or 
‘‘(ii) in a voluntary dissolution pro-
ceeding; 
‘‘(E) to comply with an injunction issued 
by a court of competent jurisdiction, upon a pe-
tition by the State insurance commissioner al-
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leging that the issuer is in hazardous financial 
condition; 
‘‘(F) to participate, on a nondiscriminatory 
basis, in any insurance insolvency guaranty as-
sociation or similar association to which a 
health insurance issuer in the State is required 
to belong; 
‘‘(G) to comply with any State law regard-
ing fraud and abuse (as defined in section 
2795(10)), except that if the State seeks an in-
junction regarding the conduct described in this 
subparagraph, such injunction must be obtained 
from a court of competent jurisdiction; 
‘‘(H) to comply with any State law regard-
ing unfair claims settlement practices (as de-
fined in section 2795(9)); or 
‘‘(I) to comply with the applicable require-
ments for independent review under section 
2798 with respect to coverage offered in the 
State; 
‘‘(2) require any individual health insurance 
coverage issued by the issuer to be countersigned by 
an insurance agent or broker residing in that sec-
ondary State; or 
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‘‘(3) otherwise discriminate against the issuer 
issuing insurance in both the primary State and in 
any secondary State. 
‘‘(c) CLEAR
AND CONSPICUOUS DISCLOSURE.—A 
health insurance issuer shall provide the following notice, 
in 12-point bold type, in any insurance coverage offered 
in a secondary State under this part by such a health in-
surance issuer and at renewal of the policy, with the 5 
blank spaces therein being appropriately filled with the 
name of the health insurance issuer, the name of the pri-
mary State, the name of the secondary State, the name 
of the secondary State, and the name of the secondary 
State, respectively, for the coverage concerned: 
‘‘ ‘NOTICE 
‘‘ ‘This policy is issued by lllll and is gov-
erned by the laws and regulations of the lllll, and 
it has met all the laws of that State as determined by 
that State’s Department of Insurance. This policy may be 
less expensive than others because it is not subject to all 
of the insurance laws and regulations of the lllll, 
including coverage of some services or benefits mandated 
by the law of the lllll. Additionally, this policy is 
not subject to all of the consumer protection laws or re-
strictions on rate changes of the lllll. As with all 
insurance products, before purchasing this policy, you 
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should carefully review the policy and determine what 
health care services the policy covers and what benefits 
it provides, including any exclusions, limitations, or condi-
tions for such services or benefits.’. 
‘‘(d) PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN RECLASSIFICATIONS 
AND PREMIUM INCREASES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this sec-
tion, a health insurance issuer that provides indi-
vidual health insurance coverage to an individual 
under this part in a primary or secondary State may 
not upon renewal— 
‘‘(A) move or reclassify the individual in-
sured under the health insurance coverage from 
the class such individual is in at the time of 
issue of the contract based on the health-status 
related factors of the individual; or 
‘‘(B) increase the premiums assessed the 
individual for such coverage based on a health 
status-related factor or change of a health sta-
tus-related factor or the past or prospective 
claim experience of the insured individual. 
‘‘(2) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in paragraph 
(1) shall be construed to prohibit a health insurance 
issuer— 
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‘‘(A) from terminating or discontinuing 
coverage or a class of coverage in accordance 
with subsections (b) and (c) of section 2742; 
‘‘(B) from raising premium rates for all 
policy holders within a class based on claims ex-
perience; 
‘‘(C) from changing premiums or offering 
discounted premiums to individuals who engage 
in wellness activities at intervals prescribed by 
the issuer, if such premium changes or incen-
tives— 
‘‘(i) are disclosed to the consumer in 
the insurance contract; 
‘‘(ii) are based on specific wellness ac-
tivities that are not applicable to all indi-
viduals; and 
‘‘(iii) are not obtainable by all individ-
uals to whom coverage is offered; 
‘‘(D) from reinstating lapsed coverage; or 
‘‘(E) from retroactively adjusting the rates 
charged an insured individual if the initial rates 
were set based on material misrepresentation by 
the individual at the time of issue. 
‘‘(e) PRIOR OFFERING
OF POLICY
IN PRIMARY 
STATE.—A health insurance issuer may not offer for sale 
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individual health insurance coverage in a secondary State 
unless that coverage is currently offered for sale in the 
primary State. 
‘‘(f) LICENSING
OF AGENTS
OR BROKERS
FOR 
HEALTH INSURANCE ISSUERS.—Any State may require 
that a person acting, or offering to act, as an agent or 
broker for a health insurance issuer with respect to the 
offering of individual health insurance coverage obtain a 
license from that State, with commissions or other com-
pensation subject to the provisions of the laws of that 
State, except that a State may not impose any qualifica-
tion or requirement which discriminates against a non-
resident agent or broker. 
‘‘(g) DOCUMENTS FOR SUBMISSION TO STATE IN-
SURANCE COMMISSIONER.—Each health insurance issuer 
issuing individual health insurance coverage in both pri-
mary and secondary States shall submit— 
‘‘(1) to the insurance commissioner of each 
State in which it intends to offer such coverage, be-
fore it may offer individual health insurance cov-
erage in such State— 
‘‘(A) a copy of the plan of operation or fea-
sibility study or any similar statement of the 
policy being offered and its coverage (which 
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shall include the name of its primary State and 
its principal place of business); 
‘‘(B) written notice of any change in its 
designation of its primary State; and 
‘‘(C) written notice from the issuer of the 
issuer’s compliance with all the laws of the pri-
mary State; and 
‘‘(2) to the insurance commissioner of each sec-
ondary State in which it offers individual health in-
surance coverage, a copy of the issuer’s quarterly fi-
nancial statement submitted to the primary State, 
which statement shall be certified by an independent 
public accountant and contain a statement of opin-
ion on loss and loss adjustment expense reserves 
made by— 
‘‘(A) a member of the American Academy 
of Actuaries; or 
‘‘(B) a qualified loss reserve specialist. 
‘‘(h) POWER OF COURTS TO ENJOIN CONDUCT.— 
Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the 
authority of any Federal or State court to enjoin— 
‘‘(1) the solicitation or sale of individual health 
insurance coverage by a health insurance issuer to 
any person or group who is not eligible for such in-
surance; or 
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‘‘(2) the solicitation or sale of individual health 
insurance coverage that violates the requirements of 
the law of a secondary State which are described in 
subparagraphs 
(A) 
through 
(H) 
of 
section 
2796(b)(1). 
‘‘(i) POWER OF SECONDARY STATES TO TAKE AD-
MINISTRATIVE ACTION.—Nothing in this section shall be 
construed to affect the authority of any State to enjoin 
conduct in violation of that State’s laws described in sec-
tion 2796(b)(1). 
‘‘(j) STATE POWERS TO ENFORCE STATE LAWS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the provisions of 
subsection (b)(1)(G) (relating to injunctions) and 
paragraph (2), nothing in this section shall be con-
strued to affect the authority of any State to make 
use of any of its powers to enforce the laws of such 
State with respect to which a health insurance issuer 
is not exempt under subsection (b). 
‘‘(2) COURTS OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION.— 
If a State seeks an injunction regarding the conduct 
described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection 
(h), such injunction must be obtained from a Fed-
eral or State court of competent jurisdiction. 
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‘‘(k) STATES’ AUTHORITY TO SUE.—Nothing in this 
section shall affect the authority of any State to bring ac-
tion in any Federal or State court. 
‘‘(l) GENERALLY APPLICABLE LAWS.—Nothing in 
this section shall be construed to affect the applicability 
of State laws generally applicable to persons or corpora-
tions. 
‘‘(m) GUARANTEED AVAILABILITY OF COVERAGE TO 
HIPAA ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS.—To the extent that a 
health insurance issuer is offering coverage in a primary 
State that does not accommodate residents of secondary 
States or does not provide a working mechanism for resi-
dents of a secondary State, and the issuer is offering cov-
erage under this part in such secondary State which has 
not adopted a qualified high risk pool as its acceptable 
alternative mechanism (as defined in section 2744(c)(2)), 
the issuer shall, with respect to any individual health in-
surance coverage offered in a secondary State under this 
part, comply with the guaranteed availability requirements 
for eligible individuals in section 2741. 
‘‘SEC. 2797. PRIMARY STATE MUST MEET FEDERAL FLOOR 
BEFORE ISSUER MAY SELL INTO SECONDARY 
STATES. 
‘‘A health insurance issuer may not offer, sell, or 
issue individual health insurance coverage in a secondary 
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State if the State insurance commissioner does not use 
a risk-based capital formula for the determination of cap-
ital and surplus requirements for all health insurance 
issuers. 
‘‘SEC. 2798. INDEPENDENT EXTERNAL APPEALS PROCE-
DURES. 
‘‘(a) RIGHT TO EXTERNAL APPEAL.—A health insur-
ance issuer may not offer, sell, or issue individual health 
insurance coverage in a secondary State under the provi-
sions of this title unless— 
‘‘(1) both the secondary State and the primary 
State have legislation or regulations in place estab-
lishing an independent review process for individuals 
who are covered by individual health insurance cov-
erage; or 
‘‘(2) in any case in which the requirements of 
paragraph (1) are not met with respect to the either 
of such States, the issuer provides an independent 
review mechanism substantially identical (as deter-
mined by the applicable State authority of such 
State) to that prescribed in the ‘Health Carrier Ex-
ternal Review Model Act’ of the National Association 
of Insurance Commissioners for all individuals who 
purchase insurance coverage under the terms of this 
part, except that, under such mechanism, the review 
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is conducted by an independent medical reviewer, or 
a panel of such reviewers, with respect to whom the 
requirements of subsection (b) are met. 
‘‘(b) QUALIFICATIONS OF INDEPENDENT MEDICAL 
REVIEWERS.—In the case of any independent review 
mechanism referred to in subsection (a)(2): 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In referring a denial of a 
claim to an independent medical reviewer, or to any 
panel of such reviewers, to conduct independent 
medical review, the issuer shall ensure that— 
‘‘(A) each independent medical reviewer 
meets the qualifications described in paragraphs 
(2) and (3); 
‘‘(B) with respect to each review, each re-
viewer meets the requirements of paragraph (4) 
and the reviewer, or at least 1 reviewer on the 
panel, meets the requirements described in 
paragraph (5); and 
‘‘(C) compensation provided by the issuer 
to each reviewer is consistent with paragraph 
(6). 
‘‘(2) LICENSURE AND EXPERTISE.—Each inde-
pendent medical reviewer shall be a physician 
(allopathic or osteopathic) or health care profes-
sional who— 
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‘‘(A) is appropriately credentialed or li-
censed in one or more States to deliver health 
care services; and 
‘‘(B) typically treats the condition, makes 
the diagnosis, or provides the type of treatment 
under review. 
‘‘(3) INDEPENDENCE.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), each independent medical reviewer 
in a case shall— 
‘‘(i) not be a related party (as defined 
in paragraph (7)); 
‘‘(ii) not have a material familial, fi-
nancial, or professional relationship with 
such a party; and 
‘‘(iii) not otherwise have a conflict of 
interest with such a party (as determined 
under regulations). 
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—Nothing in subpara-
graph (A) shall be construed to— 
‘‘(i) prohibit an individual, solely on 
the basis of affiliation with the issuer, 
from serving as an independent medical re-
viewer if— 
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‘‘(I) a non-affiliated individual is 
not reasonably available; 
‘‘(II) the affiliated individual is 
not involved in the provision of items 
or services in the case under review; 
‘‘(III) the fact of such an affili-
ation is disclosed to the issuer and the 
enrollee (or authorized representative) 
and neither party objects; and 
‘‘(IV) the affiliated individual is 
not an employee of the issuer and 
does not provide services exclusively or 
primarily to or on behalf of the issuer; 
‘‘(ii) prohibit an individual who has 
staff privileges at the institution where the 
treatment involved takes place from serv-
ing as an independent medical reviewer 
merely on the basis of such affiliation if 
the affiliation is disclosed to the issuer and 
the enrollee (or authorized representative), 
and neither party objects; or 
‘‘(iii) prohibit receipt of compensation 
by an independent medical reviewer from 
an entity if the compensation is provided 
consistent with paragraph (6). 
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nosis, or provides the type of treatment 
under review. 
‘‘(B) PRACTICING
DEFINED.—For pur-
poses of this paragraph, the term ‘practicing’ 
means, with respect to an individual who is a 
physician or other health care professional, that 
the individual provides health care services to 
individual patients on average at least 2 days 
per week. 
‘‘(5) PEDIATRIC EXPERTISE.—In the case of an 
external review relating to a child, a reviewer shall 
have expertise under paragraph (2) in pediatrics. 
‘‘(6) LIMITATIONS
ON
REVIEWER
COMPENSA-
TION.—Compensation provided by the issuer to an 
independent medical reviewer in connection with a 
review under this section shall— 
‘‘(A) not exceed a reasonable level; and 
‘‘(B) not be contingent on the decision ren-
dered by the reviewer. 
‘‘(7) RELATED PARTY DEFINED.—For purposes 
of this section, the term ‘related party’ means, with 
respect to a denial of a claim under a coverage relat-
ing to an enrollee, any of the following: 
‘‘(A) The issuer involved, or any fiduciary, 
officer, director, or employee of the issuer. 
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‘‘(B) The enrollee (or authorized represent-
ative). 
‘‘(C) The health care professional that pro-
vides the items or services involved in the de-
nial. 
‘‘(D) The institution at which the items or 
services (or treatment) involved in the denial 
are provided. 
‘‘(E) The manufacturer of any drug or 
other item that is included in the items or serv-
ices involved in the denial. 
‘‘(F) Any other party determined under 
any regulations to have a substantial interest in 
the denial involved. 
‘‘(8) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub-
section— 
‘‘(A) ENROLLEE.—The term ‘enrollee’ 
means, with respect to health insurance cov-
erage offered by a health insurance issuer, an 
individual enrolled with the issuer to receive 
such coverage. 
‘‘(B) HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL.—The 
term ‘health care professional’ means an indi-
vidual who is licensed, accredited, or certified 
under State law to provide specified health care 
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services and who is operating within the scope 
of such licensure, accreditation, or certification. 
‘‘SEC. 2799. ENFORCEMENT. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), with 
respect to specific individual health insurance coverage the 
primary State for such coverage has sole jurisdiction to 
enforce the primary State’s covered laws in the primary 
State and any secondary State. 
‘‘(b) SECONDARY STATE’S AUTHORITY.—Nothing in 
subsection (a) shall be construed to affect the authority 
of a secondary State to enforce its laws as set forth in 
the exception specified in section 2796(b)(1). 
‘‘(c) COURT INTERPRETATION.—In reviewing action 
initiated by the applicable secondary State authority, the 
court of competent jurisdiction shall apply the covered 
laws of the primary State. 
‘‘(d) NOTICE OF COMPLIANCE FAILURE.—In the case 
of individual health insurance coverage offered in a sec-
ondary State that fails to comply with the covered laws 
of the primary State, the applicable State authority of the 
secondary State may notify the applicable State authority 
of the primary State.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply to individual health insurance 
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coverage offered, issued, or sold after the date that is one 
year after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(c) GAO ONGOING STUDY AND REPORTS.— 
(1) STUDY.—The Comptroller General of the 
United States shall conduct an ongoing study con-
cerning the effect of the amendment made by sub-
section (a) on— 
(A) the number of uninsured and under-
insured; 
(B) the availability and cost of health in-
surance policies for individuals with pre-existing 
medical conditions; 
(C) the availability and cost of health in-
surance policies generally; 
(D) the elimination or reduction of dif-
ferent types of benefits under health insurance 
policies offered in different States; and 
(E) cases of fraud or abuse relating to 
health insurance coverage offered under such 
amendment and the resolution of such cases. 
(2) ANNUAL REPORTS.—The Comptroller Gen-
eral shall submit to Congress an annual report, after 
the end of each of the 5 years following the effective 
date of the amendment made by subsection (a), on 
the ongoing study conducted under paragraph (1). 
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TITLE IV—ASSOCIATION 
HEALTH PLANS 
SEC. 
401. 
RULES 
GOVERNING 
ASSOCIATION 
HEALTH 
PLANS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle B of title I of the Em-
ployee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 is amend-
ed by adding after part 7 the following new part: 
‘‘PART 8—RULES GOVERNING ASSOCIATION 
HEALTH PLANS 
‘‘SEC. 801. ASSOCIATION HEALTH PLANS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this part, the 
term ‘association health plan’ means a group health plan 
whose sponsor is (or is deemed under this part to be) de-
scribed in subsection (b). 
‘‘(b) SPONSORSHIP.—The sponsor of a group health 
plan is described in this subsection if such sponsor— 
‘‘(1) is organized and maintained in good faith, 
with a constitution and bylaws specifically stating its 
purpose and providing for periodic meetings on at 
least an annual basis, as a bona fide trade associa-
tion, a bona fide industry association (including a 
rural electric cooperative association or a rural tele-
phone cooperative association), a bona fide profes-
sional association, or a bona fide chamber of com-
merce (or similar bona fide business association, in-
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cluding a corporation or similar organization that 
operates on a cooperative basis (within the meaning 
of section 1381 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986)), for substantial purposes other than that of 
obtaining or providing medical care; 
‘‘(2) is established as a permanent entity which 
receives the active support of its members and re-
quires for membership payment on a periodic basis 
of dues or payments necessary to maintain eligibility 
for membership in the sponsor; and 
‘‘(3) does not condition membership, such dues 
or payments, or coverage under the plan on the 
basis of health status-related factors with respect to 
the employees of its members (or affiliated mem-
bers), or the dependents of such employees, and does 
not condition such dues or payments on the basis of 
group health plan participation. 
Any sponsor consisting of an association of entities which 
meet the requirements of paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) 
shall be deemed to be a sponsor described in this sub-
section. 
‘‘SEC. 
802. 
CERTIFICATION 
OF 
ASSOCIATION 
HEALTH 
PLANS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The applicable authority shall 
prescribe by regulation a procedure under which, subject 
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to subsection (b), the applicable authority shall certify as-
sociation health plans which apply for certification as 
meeting the requirements of this part. 
‘‘(b) STANDARDS.—Under the procedure prescribed 
pursuant to subsection (a), in the case of an association 
health plan that provides at least one benefit option which 
does not consist of health insurance coverage, the applica-
ble authority shall certify such plan as meeting the re-
quirements of this part only if the applicable authority is 
satisfied that the applicable requirements of this part are 
met (or, upon the date on which the plan is to commence 
operations, will be met) with respect to the plan. 
‘‘(c) REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE
TO CERTIFIED 
PLANS.—An association health plan with respect to which 
certification under this part is in effect shall meet the ap-
plicable requirements of this part, effective on the date 
of certification (or, if later, on the date on which the plan 
is to commence operations). 
‘‘(d) REQUIREMENTS
FOR
CONTINUED
CERTIFI-
CATION.—The applicable authority may provide by regula-
tion for continued certification of association health plans 
under this part. 
‘‘(e) CLASS CERTIFICATION FOR FULLY INSURED 
PLANS.—The applicable authority shall establish a class 
certification procedure for association health plans under 
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which all benefits consist of health insurance coverage. 
Under such procedure, the applicable authority shall pro-
vide for the granting of certification under this part to 
the plans in each class of such association health plans 
upon appropriate filing under such procedure in connec-
tion with plans in such class and payment of the pre-
scribed fee under section 807(a). 
‘‘(f) CERTIFICATION OF SELF-INSURED ASSOCIATION 
HEALTH PLANS.—An association health plan which offers 
one or more benefit options which do not consist of health 
insurance coverage may be certified under this part only 
if such plan consists of— 
‘‘(1) a plan which offered such coverage on the 
date of the enactment of the Obamacare Replace-
ment Act; 
‘‘(2) a plan under which the sponsor does not 
restrict membership to one or more trades and busi-
nesses or industries and whose eligible participating 
employers represent a broad cross-section of trades 
and businesses or industries; or 
‘‘(3) a plan whose eligible participating employ-
ers represent one or more trades or businesses, or 
one or more industries, consisting of any of the fol-
lowing: agriculture; equipment and automobile deal-
erships; barbering and cosmetology; certified public 
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accounting practices; child care; construction; dance, 
theatrical and orchestra productions; disinfecting 
and pest control; financial services; fishing; food 
service establishments; hospitals; labor organiza-
tions; logging; manufacturing (metals); mining; med-
ical and dental practices; medical laboratories; pro-
fessional consulting services; sanitary services; trans-
portation (local and freight); warehousing; whole-
saling/distributing; or any other trade or business or 
industry which has been indicated as having average 
or above-average risk or health claims experience by 
reason of State rate filings, denials of coverage, pro-
posed premium rate levels, or other means dem-
onstrated by such plan in accordance with regula-
tions. 
‘‘SEC. 803. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO SPONSORS AND 
BOARDS OF TRUSTEES. 
‘‘(a) SPONSOR.—The requirements of this subsection 
are met with respect to an association health plan if the 
sponsor has met (or is deemed under this part to have 
met) the requirements of section 801(b) for a continuous 
period of not less than 3 years ending with the date of 
the application for certification under this part. 
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‘‘(b) BOARD OF TRUSTEES.—The requirements of 
this subsection are met with respect to an association 
health plan if the following requirements are met: 
‘‘(1) FISCAL CONTROL.—The plan is operated, 
pursuant to a trust agreement, by a board of trust-
ees which has complete fiscal control over the plan 
and which is responsible for all operations of the 
plan. 
‘‘(2) RULES
OF
OPERATION
AND
FINANCIAL 
CONTROLS.—The board of trustees has in effect 
rules of operation and financial controls, based on a 
3-year plan of operation, adequate to carry out the 
terms of the plan and to meet all requirements of 
this title applicable to the plan. 
‘‘(3) RULES
GOVERNING
RELATIONSHIP
TO 
PARTICIPATING
EMPLOYERS
AND
TO
CONTRAC-
TORS.— 
‘‘(A) BOARD MEMBERSHIP.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Except as pro-
vided in clauses (ii) and (iii), the members 
of the board of trustees are individuals se-
lected from individuals who are the owners, 
officers, directors, or employees of the par-
ticipating employers or who are partners in 
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the participating employers and actively 
participate in the business. 
‘‘(ii) LIMITATION.— 
‘‘(I) GENERAL RULE.—Except as 
provided in subclauses (II) and (III), 
no such member is an owner, officer, 
director, or employee of, or partner in, 
a contract administrator or other 
service provider to the plan. 
‘‘(II) LIMITED
EXCEPTION
FOR 
PROVIDERS OF SERVICES SOLELY ON 
BEHALF OF THE SPONSOR.—Officers 
or employees of a sponsor which is a 
service provider (other than a contract 
administrator) to the plan may be 
members of the board if they con-
stitute not more than 25 percent of 
the membership of the board and they 
do not provide services to the plan 
other than on behalf of the sponsor. 
‘‘(III) 
TREATMENT
OF
PRO-
VIDERS
OF
MEDICAL
CARE.—In the 
case of a sponsor which is an associa-
tion whose membership consists pri-
marily of providers of medical care, 
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subclause (I) shall not apply in the 
case of any service provider described 
in subclause (I) who is a provider of 
medical care under the plan. 
‘‘(iii) CERTAIN
PLANS
EXCLUDED.— 
Clause (i) shall not apply to an association 
health plan which is in existence on the 
date of the enactment of the Obamacare 
Replacement Act. 
‘‘(B) SOLE
AUTHORITY.—The board has 
sole authority under the plan to approve appli-
cations for participation in the plan and to con-
tract with a service provider to administer the 
day-to-day affairs of the plan. 
‘‘(c) TREATMENT OF FRANCHISE NETWORKS.—In 
the case of a group health plan which is established and 
maintained by a franchiser for a franchise network con-
sisting of its franchisees— 
‘‘(1) the requirements of subsection (a) and sec-
tion 801(a) shall be deemed met if such require-
ments would otherwise be met if the franchiser were 
deemed to be the sponsor referred to in section 
801(b), such network were deemed to be an associa-
tion described in section 801(b), and each franchisee 
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were deemed to be a member (of the association and 
the sponsor) referred to in section 801(b); and 
‘‘(2) the requirements of section 804(a)(1) shall 
be deemed met. 
The Secretary may by regulation define for purposes of 
this subsection the terms ‘franchiser’, ‘franchise network’, 
and ‘franchisee’. 
‘‘SEC. 804. PARTICIPATION AND COVERAGE REQUIRE-
MENTS. 
‘‘(a) COVERED EMPLOYERS AND INDIVIDUALS.—The 
requirements of this subsection are met with respect to 
an association health plan if, under the terms of the 
plan— 
‘‘(1) each participating employer must be— 
‘‘(A) a member of the sponsor; 
‘‘(B) the sponsor; or 
‘‘(C) an affiliated member of the sponsor 
with respect to which the requirements of sub-
section (b) are met, 
except that, in the case of a sponsor which is a pro-
fessional association or other individual-based asso-
ciation, if at least one of the officers, directors, or 
employees of an employer, or at least one of the in-
dividuals who are partners in an employer and who 
actively participates in the business, is a member or 
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such an affiliated member of the sponsor, partici-
pating employers may also include such employer; 
and 
‘‘(2) all individuals commencing coverage under 
the plan after certification under this part must 
be— 
‘‘(A) active or retired owners (including 
self-employed individuals), officers, directors, or 
employees of, or partners in, participating em-
ployers; or 
‘‘(B) the beneficiaries of individuals de-
scribed in subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(b) COVERAGE OF PREVIOUSLY UNINSURED EM-
PLOYEES.—In the case of an association health plan in 
existence on the date of the enactment of the Obamacare 
Replacement Act, an affiliated member of the sponsor of 
the plan may be offered coverage under the plan as a par-
ticipating employer only if— 
‘‘(1) the affiliated member was an affiliated 
member on the date of certification under this part; 
or 
‘‘(2) during the 12-month period preceding the 
date of the offering of such coverage, the affiliated 
member has not maintained or contributed to a 
group health plan with respect to any of its employ-
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ees who would otherwise be eligible to participate in 
such association health plan. 
‘‘(c) INDIVIDUAL MARKET UNAFFECTED.—The re-
quirements of this subsection are met with respect to an 
association health plan if, under the terms of the plan, 
no participating employer may provide health insurance 
coverage in the individual market for any employee not 
covered under the plan which is similar to the coverage 
contemporaneously provided to employees of the employer 
under the plan, if such exclusion of the employee from cov-
erage under the plan is based on a health status-related 
factor with respect to the employee and such employee 
would, but for such exclusion on such basis, be eligible 
for coverage under the plan. 
‘‘(d) PROHIBITION
OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST 
EMPLOYERS
AND EMPLOYEES ELIGIBLE TO PARTICI-
PATE.—The requirements of this subsection are met with 
respect to an association health plan if— 
‘‘(1) under the terms of the plan, all employers 
meeting the preceding requirements of this section 
are eligible to qualify as participating employers for 
all geographically available coverage options, unless, 
in the case of any such employer, participation or 
contribution requirements of the type referred to in 
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section 2711 of the Public Health Service Act are 
not met; 
‘‘(2) upon request, any employer eligible to par-
ticipate is furnished information regarding all cov-
erage options available under the plan; and 
‘‘(3) the applicable requirements of sections 
701, 702, and 703 are met with respect to the plan. 
‘‘SEC. 805. OTHER REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO PLAN 
DOCUMENTS, CONTRIBUTION RATES, AND 
BENEFIT OPTIONS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The requirements of this section 
are met with respect to an association health plan if the 
following requirements are met: 
‘‘(1) 
CONTENTS
OF
GOVERNING
INSTRU-
MENTS.—The instruments governing the plan in-
clude a written instrument, meeting the require-
ments of an instrument required under section 
402(a)(1), which— 
‘‘(A) provides that the board of trustees 
serves as the named fiduciary required for plans 
under section 402(a)(1) and serves in the ca-
pacity of a plan administrator (referred to in 
section 3(16)(A)); 
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‘‘(B) provides that the sponsor of the plan 
is to serve as plan sponsor (referred to in sec-
tion 3(16)(B)); and 
‘‘(C) incorporates the requirements of sec-
tion 806. 
‘‘(2) CONTRIBUTION
RATES
MUST
BE
NON-
DISCRIMINATORY.— 
‘‘(A) The contribution rates for any par-
ticipating small employer do not vary on the 
basis of any health status-related factor in rela-
tion to employees of such employer or their 
beneficiaries and do not vary on the basis of the 
type of business or industry in which such em-
ployer is engaged. 
‘‘(B) Nothing in this title or any other pro-
vision of law shall be construed to preclude an 
association health plan, or a health insurance 
issuer offering health insurance coverage in 
connection with an association health plan, 
from— 
‘‘(i) setting contribution rates based 
on the claims experience of the plan; or 
‘‘(ii) varying contribution rates for 
small employers in a State to the extent 
that such rates could vary using the same 
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methodology employed in such State for 
regulating premium rates in the small 
group market with respect to health insur-
ance coverage offered in connection with 
bona fide associations (within the meaning 
of section 2791(d)(3) of the Public Health 
Service Act), 
subject to the requirements of section 702(b) 
relating to contribution rates. 
‘‘(3) FLOOR FOR NUMBER OF COVERED INDI-
VIDUALS
WITH
RESPECT
TO
CERTAIN
PLANS.—If 
any benefit option under the plan does not consist 
of health insurance coverage, the plan has as of the 
beginning of the plan year not fewer than 1,000 par-
ticipants and beneficiaries. 
‘‘(4) MARKETING REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—If a benefit option 
which consists of health insurance coverage is 
offered under the plan, State-licensed insurance 
agents shall be used to distribute to small em-
ployers coverage which does not consist of 
health insurance coverage in a manner com-
parable to the manner in which such agents are 
used to distribute health insurance coverage. 
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‘‘(B) 
STATE-LICENSED
INSURANCE 
AGENTS.—For purposes of subparagraph (A), 
the term ‘State-licensed insurance agents’ 
means one or more agents who are licensed in 
a State and are subject to the laws of such 
State relating to licensure, qualification, test-
ing, examination, and continuing education of 
persons authorized to offer, sell, or solicit 
health insurance coverage in such State. 
‘‘(5) 
REGULATORY
REQUIREMENTS.—Such 
other requirements as the applicable authority deter-
mines are necessary to carry out the purposes of this 
part, which shall be prescribed by the applicable au-
thority by regulation. 
‘‘(b) ABILITY OF ASSOCIATION HEALTH PLANS TO 
DESIGN BENEFIT OPTIONS.—Subject to section 514(d), 
nothing in this part or any provision of State law (as de-
fined in section 514(c)(1)) shall be construed to preclude 
an association health plan, or a health insurance issuer 
offering health insurance coverage in connection with an 
association health plan, from exercising its sole discretion 
in selecting the specific items and services consisting of 
medical care to be included as benefits under such plan 
or coverage, except (subject to section 514) in the case 
of (1) any law to the extent that it is not preempted under 
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section 731(a)(1) with respect to matters governed by sec-
tion 711, 712, or 713, or (2) any law of the State with 
which filing and approval of a policy type offered by the 
plan was initially obtained to the extent that such law pro-
hibits an exclusion of a specific disease from such cov-
erage. 
‘‘SEC. 806. MAINTENANCE OF RESERVES AND PROVISIONS 
FOR 
SOLVENCY 
FOR 
PLANS 
PROVIDING 
HEALTH BENEFITS IN ADDITION TO HEALTH 
INSURANCE COVERAGE. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The requirements of this section 
are met with respect to an association health plan if— 
‘‘(1) the benefits under the plan consist solely 
of health insurance coverage; or 
‘‘(2) if the plan provides any additional benefit 
options which do not consist of health insurance cov-
erage, the plan— 
‘‘(A) establishes and maintains reserves 
with respect to such additional benefit options, 
in amounts recommended by the qualified 
health actuary, consisting of— 
‘‘(i) a reserve sufficient for unearned 
contributions; 
‘‘(ii) a reserve sufficient for benefit li-
abilities which have been incurred, which 
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have not been satisfied, and for which risk 
of loss has not yet been transferred, and 
for expected administrative costs with re-
spect to such benefit liabilities; 
‘‘(iii) a reserve sufficient for any other 
obligations of the plan; and 
‘‘(iv) a reserve sufficient for a margin 
of error and other fluctuations, taking into 
account the specific circumstances of the 
plan; and 
‘‘(B) establishes and maintains aggregate 
and specific excess/stop loss insurance and sol-
vency indemnification, with respect to such ad-
ditional benefit options for which risk of loss 
has not yet been transferred, as follows: 
‘‘(i) The plan shall secure aggregate 
excess/stop loss insurance for the plan with 
an attachment point which is not greater 
than 125 percent of expected gross annual 
claims. The applicable authority may by 
regulation provide for upward adjustments 
in the amount of such percentage in speci-
fied circumstances in which the plan spe-
cifically provides for and maintains re-
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serves in excess of the amounts required 
under subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(ii) The plan shall secure specific ex-
cess/stop loss insurance for the plan with 
an attachment point which is at least equal 
to an amount recommended by the plan’s 
qualified health actuary. The applicable 
authority may by regulation provide for ad-
justments in the amount of such insurance 
in specified circumstances in which the 
plan specifically provides for and maintains 
reserves in excess of the amounts required 
under subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(iii) The plan shall secure indem-
nification insurance for any claims which 
the plan is unable to satisfy by reason of 
a plan termination. 
Any person issuing to a plan insurance described in clause 
(i), (ii), or (iii) of subparagraph (B) shall notify the Sec-
retary of any failure of premium payment meriting can-
cellation of the policy prior to undertaking such a cancella-
tion. Any regulations prescribed by the applicable author-
ity pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) of subparagraph (B) may 
allow for such adjustments in the required levels of excess/ 
stop loss insurance as the qualified health actuary may 
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recommend, taking into account the specific circumstances 
of the plan. 
‘‘(b) MINIMUM SURPLUS IN ADDITION TO CLAIMS 
RESERVES.—In the case of any association health plan de-
scribed in subsection (a)(2), the requirements of this sub-
section are met if the plan establishes and maintains sur-
plus in an amount at least equal to— 
‘‘(1) $500,000; or 
‘‘(2) such greater amount (but not greater than 
$2,000,000) as may be set forth in regulations pre-
scribed by the applicable authority, considering the 
level of aggregate and specific excess/stop loss insur-
ance provided with respect to such plan and other 
factors related to solvency risk, such as the plan’s 
projected levels of participation or claims, the nature 
of the plan’s liabilities, and the types of assets avail-
able to assure that such liabilities are met. 
‘‘(c) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.—In the case of 
any association health plan described in subsection (a)(2), 
the applicable authority may provide such additional re-
quirements relating to reserves, excess/stop loss insurance, 
and indemnification insurance as the applicable authority 
considers appropriate. Such requirements may be provided 
by regulation with respect to any such plan or any class 
of such plans. 
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‘‘(d) ADJUSTMENTS FOR EXCESS/STOP LOSS INSUR-
ANCE.—The applicable authority may provide for adjust-
ments to the levels of reserves otherwise required under 
subsections (a) and (b) with respect to any plan or class 
of plans to take into account excess/stop loss insurance 
provided with respect to such plan or plans. 
‘‘(e) ALTERNATIVE MEANS OF COMPLIANCE.—The 
applicable authority may permit an association health plan 
described in subsection (a)(2) to substitute, for all or part 
of the requirements of this section (except subsection 
(a)(2)(B)(iii)), such security, guarantee, hold-harmless ar-
rangement, or other financial arrangement as the applica-
ble authority determines to be adequate to enable the plan 
to fully meet all its financial obligations on a timely basis 
and is otherwise no less protective of the interests of par-
ticipants and beneficiaries than the requirements for 
which it is substituted. The applicable authority may take 
into account, for purposes of this subsection, evidence pro-
vided by the plan or sponsor which demonstrates an as-
sumption of liability with respect to the plan. Such evi-
dence may be in the form of a contract of indemnification, 
lien, bonding, insurance, letter of credit, recourse under 
applicable terms of the plan in the form of assessments 
of participating employers, security, or other financial ar-
rangement. 
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‘‘(f) MEASURES TO ENSURE CONTINUED PAYMENT 
OF BENEFITS BY CERTAIN PLANS IN DISTRESS.— 
‘‘(1) PAYMENTS BY CERTAIN PLANS TO ASSO-
CIATION HEALTH PLAN FUND.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of an as-
sociation health plan described in subsection 
(a)(2), the requirements of this subsection are 
met if the plan makes payments into the Asso-
ciation Health Plan Fund under this subpara-
graph when they are due. Such payments shall 
consist of annual payments in the amount of 
$5,000, and, in addition to such annual pay-
ments, such supplemental payments as the Sec-
retary may determine to be necessary under 
paragraph (2). Payments under this paragraph 
are payable to the Fund at the time determined 
by the Secretary. Initial payments are due in 
advance of certification under this part. Pay-
ments shall continue to accrue until a plan’s as-
sets are distributed pursuant to a termination 
procedure. 
‘‘(B) PENALTIES FOR FAILURE TO MAKE 
PAYMENTS.—If any payment is not made by a 
plan when it is due, a late payment charge of 
not more than 100 percent of the payment 
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which was not timely paid shall be payable by 
the plan to the Fund. 
‘‘(C) CONTINUED
DUTY
OF
THE
SEC-
RETARY.—The Secretary shall not cease to 
carry out the provisions of paragraph (2) on ac-
count of the failure of a plan to pay any pay-
ment when due. 
‘‘(2) PAYMENTS BY SECRETARY TO CONTINUE 
EXCESS/STOP LOSS INSURANCE COVERAGE AND IN-
DEMNIFICATION
INSURANCE
COVERAGE
FOR
CER-
TAIN PLANS.—In any case in which the applicable 
authority determines that there is, or that there is 
reason to believe that there will be: (A) a failure to 
take necessary corrective actions under section 
809(a) with respect to an association health plan de-
scribed in subsection (a)(2); or (B) a termination of 
such a plan under section 809(b) or 810(b)(8) (and, 
if the applicable authority is not the Secretary, cer-
tifies such determination to the Secretary), the Sec-
retary shall determine the amounts necessary to 
make payments to an insurer (designated by the 
Secretary) to maintain in force excess/stop loss in-
surance coverage or indemnification insurance cov-
erage for such plan, if the Secretary determines that 
there is a reasonable expectation that, without such 
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payments, claims would not be satisfied by reason of 
termination of such coverage. The Secretary shall, to 
the extent provided in advance in appropriation 
Acts, pay such amounts so determined to the insurer 
designated by the Secretary. 
‘‘(3) ASSOCIATION HEALTH PLAN FUND.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—There is established in 
the Treasury a fund to be known as the ‘Asso-
ciation Health Plan Fund’. The Fund shall be 
available for making payments pursuant to 
paragraph (2). The Fund shall be credited with 
payments received pursuant to paragraph 
(1)(A), penalties received pursuant to para-
graph (1)(B), and earnings on investments of 
amounts of the Fund under subparagraph (B). 
‘‘(B) INVESTMENT.—Whenever the Sec-
retary determines that the moneys of the fund 
are in excess of current needs, the Secretary 
may request the investment of such amounts as 
the Secretary determines advisable by the Sec-
retary of the Treasury in obligations issued or 
guaranteed by the United States. 
‘‘(g) EXCESS/STOP LOSS INSURANCE.—For purposes 
of this section: 
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‘‘(1) AGGREGATE
EXCESS/STOP
LOSS
INSUR-
ANCE.—The term ‘aggregate excess/stop loss insur-
ance’ means, in connection with an association 
health plan, a contract— 
‘‘(A) under which an insurer (meeting such 
minimum standards as the applicable authority 
may prescribe by regulation) provides for pay-
ment to the plan with respect to aggregate 
claims under the plan in excess of an amount 
or amounts specified in such contract; 
‘‘(B) which is guaranteed renewable; and 
‘‘(C) which allows for payment of pre-
miums by any third party on behalf of the in-
sured plan. 
‘‘(2) SPECIFIC
EXCESS/STOP
LOSS
INSUR-
ANCE.—The term ‘specific excess/stop loss insur-
ance’ means, in connection with an association 
health plan, a contract— 
‘‘(A) under which an insurer (meeting such 
minimum standards as the applicable authority 
may prescribe by regulation) provides for pay-
ment to the plan with respect to claims under 
the plan in connection with a covered individual 
in excess of an amount or amounts specified in 
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such contract in connection with such covered 
individual; 
‘‘(B) which is guaranteed renewable; and 
‘‘(C) which allows for payment of pre-
miums by any third party on behalf of the in-
sured plan. 
‘‘(h) INDEMNIFICATION INSURANCE.—For purposes 
of this section, the term ‘indemnification insurance’ 
means, in connection with an association health plan, a 
contract— 
‘‘(1) under which an insurer (meeting such min-
imum standards as the applicable authority may pre-
scribe by regulation) provides for payment to the 
plan with respect to claims under the plan which the 
plan is unable to satisfy by reason of a termination 
pursuant to section 809(b) (relating to mandatory 
termination); 
‘‘(2) which is guaranteed renewable and 
noncancellable for any reason (except as the applica-
ble authority may prescribe by regulation); and 
‘‘(3) which allows for payment of premiums by 
any third party on behalf of the insured plan. 
‘‘(i) RESERVES.—For purposes of this section, the 
term ‘reserves’ means, in connection with an association 
health plan, plan assets which meet the fiduciary stand-
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ards under part 4 and such additional requirements re-
garding liquidity as the applicable authority may prescribe 
by regulation. 
‘‘(j) SOLVENCY STANDARDS WORKING GROUP.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Within 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of the Obamacare Replace-
ment Act, the applicable authority shall establish a 
Solvency Standards Working Group. In prescribing 
the initial regulations under this section, the applica-
ble authority shall take into account the rec-
ommendations of such Working Group. 
‘‘(2) MEMBERSHIP.—The Working Group shall 
consist of not more than 15 members appointed by 
the applicable authority. The applicable authority 
shall include among persons invited to membership 
on the Working Group at least one of each of the 
following: 
‘‘(A) A representative of the National As-
sociation of Insurance Commissioners. 
‘‘(B) A representative of the American 
Academy of Actuaries. 
‘‘(C) A representative of the State govern-
ments, or their interests. 
‘‘(D) A representative of existing self-in-
sured arrangements, or their interests. 
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‘‘(E) A representative of associations of 
the type referred to in section 801(b)(1), or 
their interests. 
‘‘(F) A representative of multiemployer 
plans that are group health plans, or their in-
terests. 
‘‘SEC. 807. REQUIREMENTS FOR APPLICATION AND RE-
LATED REQUIREMENTS. 
‘‘(a) FILING FEE.—Under the procedure prescribed 
pursuant to section 802(a), an association health plan 
shall pay to the applicable authority at the time of filing 
an application for certification under this part a filing fee 
in the amount of $5,000, which shall be available in the 
case of the Secretary, to the extent provided in appropria-
tion Acts, for the sole purpose of administering the certifi-
cation procedures applicable with respect to association 
health plans. 
‘‘(b) INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN APPLICA-
TION FOR CERTIFICATION.—An application for certifi-
cation under this part meets the requirements of this sec-
tion only if it includes, in a manner and form which shall 
be prescribed by the applicable authority by regulation, at 
least the following information: 
‘‘(1) IDENTIFYING INFORMATION.—The names 
and addresses of— 
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‘‘(A) the sponsor; and 
‘‘(B) the members of the board of trustees 
of the plan. 
‘‘(2) STATES IN WHICH PLAN INTENDS TO DO 
BUSINESS.—The States in which participants and 
beneficiaries under the plan are to be located and 
the number of them expected to be located in each 
such State. 
‘‘(3) BONDING REQUIREMENTS.—Evidence pro-
vided by the board of trustees that the bonding re-
quirements of section 412 will be met as of the date 
of the application or (if later) commencement of op-
erations. 
‘‘(4) PLAN DOCUMENTS.—A copy of the docu-
ments governing the plan (including any bylaws and 
trust agreements), the summary plan description, 
and other material describing the benefits that will 
be provided to participants and beneficiaries under 
the plan. 
‘‘(5) 
AGREEMENTS
WITH
SERVICE
PRO-
VIDERS.—A copy of any agreements between the 
plan and contract administrators and other service 
providers. 
‘‘(6) FUNDING REPORT.—In the case of asso-
ciation health plans providing benefits options in ad-
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dition to health insurance coverage, a report setting 
forth information with respect to such additional 
benefit options determined as of a date within the 
120-day period ending with the date of the applica-
tion, including the following: 
‘‘(A) RESERVES.—A statement, certified 
by the board of trustees of the plan, and a 
statement of actuarial opinion, signed by a 
qualified health actuary, that all applicable re-
quirements of section 806 are or will be met in 
accordance with regulations which the applica-
ble authority shall prescribe. 
‘‘(B) 
ADEQUACY
OF
CONTRIBUTION 
RATES.—A statement of actuarial opinion, 
signed by a qualified health actuary, which sets 
forth a description of the extent to which con-
tribution rates are adequate to provide for the 
payment of all obligations and the maintenance 
of required reserves under the plan for the 12- 
month period beginning with such date within 
such 120-day period, taking into account the 
expected coverage and experience of the plan. If 
the contribution rates are not fully adequate, 
the statement of actuarial opinion shall indicate 
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the extent to which the rates are inadequate 
and the changes needed to ensure adequacy. 
‘‘(C) CURRENT AND PROJECTED VALUE OF 
ASSETS AND LIABILITIES.—A statement of ac-
tuarial opinion signed by a qualified health ac-
tuary, which sets forth the current value of the 
assets and liabilities accumulated under the 
plan and a projection of the assets, liabilities, 
income, and expenses of the plan for the 12- 
month period referred to in subparagraph (B). 
The income statement shall identify separately 
the plan’s administrative expenses and claims. 
‘‘(D) 
COSTS
OF
COVERAGE
TO
BE 
CHARGED
AND
OTHER
EXPENSES.—A state-
ment of the costs of coverage to be charged, in-
cluding an itemization of amounts for adminis-
tration, reserves, and other expenses associated 
with the operation of the plan. 
‘‘(E) OTHER
INFORMATION.—Any other 
information as may be determined by the appli-
cable authority, by regulation, as necessary to 
carry out the purposes of this part. 
‘‘(c) FILING
NOTICE
OF
CERTIFICATION
WITH 
STATES.—A certification granted under this part to an 
association health plan shall not be effective unless written 
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notice of such certification is filed with the applicable 
State authority of each State in which at least 25 percent 
of the participants and beneficiaries under the plan are 
located. For purposes of this subsection, an individual 
shall be considered to be located in the State in which a 
known address of such individual is located or in which 
such individual is employed. 
‘‘(d) NOTICE OF MATERIAL CHANGES.—In the case 
of any association health plan certified under this part, 
descriptions of material changes in any information which 
was required to be submitted with the application for the 
certification under this part shall be filed in such form 
and manner as shall be prescribed by the applicable au-
thority by regulation. The applicable authority may re-
quire by regulation prior notice of material changes with 
respect to specified matters which might serve as the basis 
for suspension or revocation of the certification. 
‘‘(e) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN AS-
SOCIATION HEALTH PLANS.—An association health plan 
certified under this part which provides benefit options in 
addition to health insurance coverage for such plan year 
shall meet the requirements of section 103 by filing an 
annual report under such section which shall include infor-
mation described in subsection (b)(6) with respect to the 
plan year and, notwithstanding section 104(a)(1), shall be 
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