125 
‘‘(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 only the 
50 States and the District of Columbia. 
‘‘(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. 
‘‘(B) Failing to acknowledge with reason-
able promptness pertinent communications with 
respect to claims arising under policies. 
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‘‘(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 
was entitled by reference to written or printed 
advertising material accompanying or made 
part of an application. 
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‘‘(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 a 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, broker or its agent, false information as 
part of, in support of or concerning a fact ma-
terial to one or more of the following: 
‘‘(i) An application for the issuance or 
renewal of an insurance policy or reinsur-
ance contract. 
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‘‘(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. 
‘‘(x) The reinstatement of an insur-
ance policy. 
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‘‘(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. 
‘‘(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-
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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 
doing business to determine the issuer’s finan-
cial condition, if— 
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‘‘(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-
leging that the issuer is in hazardous financial 
condition; 
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‘‘(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 
‘‘(3) otherwise discriminate against the issuer 
issuing insurance in both the primary State and in 
any secondary State. 
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‘‘(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 primary 
State, the name of the secondary State, the name of the 
secondary State, and the name of the secondary State, re-
spectively, for the coverage concerned: 
This policy is issued by lllll and is governed by 
the laws and regulations of the State of 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 State of 
lllll, including coverage of some services or bene-
fits mandated by the law of the State of lllll. Ad-
ditionally, this policy is not subject to all of the consumer 
protection laws or restrictions on rate changes of the State 
of lllll. As with all insurance products, before pur-
chasing this policy, you should carefully review the policy 
and determine what health care services the policy covers 
and what benefits it provides, including any exclusions, 
limitations, or conditions for such services or benefits. 
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‘‘(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— 
‘‘(A) from terminating or discontinuing 
coverage or a class of coverage in accordance 
with subsections (b) and (c) of section 2742; 
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‘‘(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 
individual health insurance coverage in a secondary State 
unless that coverage is currently offered for sale in the 
primary State. 
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‘‘(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 
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 
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‘‘(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 
‘‘(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 
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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. 
‘‘(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 
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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 
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. 
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‘‘SEC. 2798. LIMITATION ON INDIVIDUAL PURCHASE IN SEC-
ONDARY STATE. 
‘‘Effective beginning two years after the date of en-
actment of this part, an individual in a State may not 
buy individual health insurance coverage in a secondary 
State if the premium for individual health insurance in 
the primary State (with respect to the individual) exceeds 
the national average premium by 10 percent or more. 
‘‘SEC. 2799. 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 
subparagraph (A) are not met with respect to the ei-
ther of such States, the issuer provides an inde-
pendent review mechanism substantially identical (as 
determined by the applicable State authority of such 
State) to that prescribed in the ‘Health Carrier Ex-
ternal Review Model Act’ of the National Association 
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of Insurance Commissioners for all individuals who 
purchase insurance coverage under the terms of this 
part, except that, under such mechanism, the review 
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). 
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‘‘(2) LICENSURE AND EXPERTISE.—Each inde-
pendent medical reviewer shall be a physician 
(allopathic or osteopathic) or health care profes-
sional who— 
‘‘(A) is appropriately credentialed or li-
censed in 1 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— 
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‘‘(iii) prohibit receipt of compensation 
by an independent medical reviewer from 
an entity if the compensation is provided 
consistent with paragraph (6). 
‘‘(4) PRACTICING HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL 
IN SAME FIELD.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—In a case involving 
treatment, or the provision of items or serv-
ices— 
‘‘(i) by a physician, a reviewer shall be 
a practicing physician (allopathic or osteo-
pathic) of the same or similar specialty, as 
a physician who, acting within the appro-
priate scope of practice within the State in 
which the service is provided or rendered, 
typically treats the condition, makes the 
diagnosis, or provides the type of treat-
ment under review; or 
‘‘(ii) by a non-physician health care 
professional, the reviewer, or at least 1 
member of the review panel, shall be a 
practicing non-physician health care pro-
fessional of the same or similar specialty 
as the non-physician health care profes-
sional who, acting within the appropriate 
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scope of practice within the State in which 
the service is provided or rendered, typi-
cally treats the condition, makes the diag-
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 
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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. 
‘‘(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. 
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‘‘(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 
services and who is operating within the scope 
of such licensure, accreditation, or certification. 
‘‘SEC. 2800. 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 
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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 
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-in-
sured; 
(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. 
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(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). 
(d) SEVERABILITY.—If any provision of the section 
or the application of such provision to any person or cir-
cumstance is held to be unconstitutional, the remainder 
of this section and the application of the provisions of such 
to any other person or circumstance shall not be affected. 
TITLE IV—SAFETY NET 
REFORMS 
SEC. 401. REQUIRING OUTREACH AND COVERAGE BEFORE 
EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY. 
(a) STATE PLAN REQUIRED TO SPECIFY HOW IT 
WILL ACHIEVE COVERAGE FOR 90 PERCENT OF TAR-
GETED LOW-INCOME CHILDREN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 2102(a) of the So-
cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397bb(a)) is amend-
ed— 
(A) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(B) in paragraph (7), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
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(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(8) how the eligibility and benefits provided 
for under the plan for each fiscal year (beginning 
with fiscal year 2012) will allow for the State’s an-
nual funding allotment to cover at least 90 percent 
of the eligible targeted low-income children in the 
State.’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by paragraph (1) shall apply to State child health 
plans for fiscal years beginning with fiscal year 
2012. 
(b) LIMITATION ON PROGRAM EXPANSIONS UNTIL 
LOWEST INCOME ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS ENROLLED.— 
Section 2105(c) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1397dd(c)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(8) LIMITATION ON INCREASED COVERAGE OF 
HIGHER INCOME CHILDREN.—For child health as-
sistance furnished in a fiscal year beginning with fis-
cal year 2012: 
‘‘(A) NO PAYMENT FOR CHILDREN WITH 
FAMILY INCOME ABOVE 300 PERCENT OF POV-
ERTY LINE.—Payment shall not be made under 
this section for child health assistance for a tar-
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geted low-income child in a family the income 
of which exceeds 300 percent of the poverty line 
applicable to a family of the size involved. 
‘‘(B) SPECIAL RULES FOR PAYMENT FOR 
CHILDREN
WITH
FAMILY
INCOME
ABOVE
200 
PERCENT OF POVERTY LINE.—In the case of 
child health assistance for a targeted low-in-
come child in a family the income of which ex-
ceeds 200 percent (but does not exceed 300 
percent) of the poverty line applicable to a fam-
ily of the size involved no payment shall be 
made under this section for such assistance un-
less the State demonstrates to the satisfaction 
of the Secretary that— 
‘‘(i) the State has met the 90 percent 
retrospective coverage test specified in sub-
paragraph (C)(i) for the previous fiscal 
year; and 
‘‘(ii) the State will meet the 90 per-
cent prospective coverage test specified in 
subparagraph (C)(ii) for the fiscal year. 
‘‘(C) 90 PERCENT COVERAGE TESTS.— 
‘‘(i) RETROSPECTIVE TEST.—The 90 
percent retrospective coverage test speci-
fied in this clause is, for a State for a fis-
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cal year, that on average during the fiscal 
year, the State has enrolled under this title 
or title XIX at least 90 percent of the indi-
viduals residing in the State who— 
‘‘(I) are children under 19 years 
of age (or are pregnant women) and 
are eligible for medical assistance 
under title XIX; or 
‘‘(II) are targeted low-income 
children whose family income does not 
exceed 200 percent of the poverty line 
and who are eligible for child health 
assistance under this title. 
‘‘(ii) PROSPECTIVE
TEST.—The 90 
percent prospective test specified in this 
clause is, for a State for a fiscal year, that 
on average during the fiscal year, the State 
will enroll under this title or title XIX at 
least 90 percent of the individuals residing 
in the State who— 
‘‘(I) are children under 19 years 
of age (or are pregnant women) and 
are eligible for medical assistance 
under title XIX; or 
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‘‘(II) are targeted low-income 
children whose family income does not 
exceed such percent of the poverty 
line (in excess of 200 percent) as the 
State elects consistent with this para-
graph and who are eligible for child 
health assistance under this title. 
‘‘(D) GRANDFATHER.—Subparagraphs (A) 
and (B) shall not apply to the provision of child 
health assistance— 
‘‘(i) to a targeted low-income child 
who is enrolled for child health assistance 
under this title as of September 30, 2010; 
‘‘(ii) to a pregnant woman who is en-
rolled for assistance under this title as of 
September 30, 2011, through the comple-
tion of the post-partum period following 
completion of her pregnancy; and 
‘‘(iii) for items and services furnished 
before October 1, 2012, to an individual 
who is not a targeted low-income child and 
who is enrolled for assistance under this 
title as of September 30, 2011. 
‘‘(E) 
TREATMENT
OF
PREGNANT 
WOMEN.—In 
this 
paragraph 
and 
sections 
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2102(a)(8) and 2104(a)(2), the term ‘targeted 
low-income child’ includes an individual under 
age 19, including the period from conception to 
birth, who is eligible for child health assistance 
under this title by virtue of the definition of the 
term ‘child’ under section 457.10 of title 42, 
Code of Federal Regulations.’’. 
(c) STANDARDIZATION
OF
INCOME
DETERMINA-
TIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 2110(d) of such Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1397jj) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) STANDARDIZATION
OF INCOME DETERMINA-
TIONS.—In determining family income under this title (in-
cluding in the case of a State child health plan that pro-
vides health benefits coverage in the manner described in 
section 2101(a)(2)), a State shall base such determination 
on gross income (including amounts that would be in-
cluded in gross income if they were not exempt from in-
come taxation) and may only take into consideration such 
income disregards as the Secretary shall develop.’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—(A) Subject to subpara-
graph (B), the amendment made by paragraph (1) 
shall apply to determinations (and redeterminations) 
of income made on or after April 1, 2012. 
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(B) In the case of a State child health plan 
under title XXI of the Social Security Act which the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services determines 
requires State legislation (other than legislation ap-
propriating funds) in order for the plan to meet the 
additional requirement imposed by the amendment 
made by paragraph (1), the State child health plan 
shall not be regarded as failing to comply with the 
requirements of such title solely on the basis of its 
failure to meet this additional requirement before 
the first day of the first calendar quarter beginning 
after the close of the first regular session of the 
State legislature that begins after the date of the en-
actment of this Act. For purposes of the previous 
sentence, in the case of a State that has a 2-year 
legislative session, each year of such session shall be 
deemed to be a separate regular session of the State 
legislature. 
SEC. 402. EASING ADMINISTRATIVE BARRIERS TO STATE 
COOPERATION WITH EMPLOYER-SPONSORED 
INSURANCE COVERAGE. 
(a) REQUIRING SOME COVERAGE FOR EMPLOYER- 
SPONSORED INSURANCE.— 
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