Title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to eliminate the non-application of certain State waiver provisions to Members of Congress and congressional staff.
Policy area: Health

Summary:
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act, if the American Health Care Act (H.R. 1628) is enacted, to make plans made available by the federal government to Members of Congress and congressional staff subject to state waivers of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) requirement for health insurance to cover the essential health benefits and PPACA restrictions on premium variation by age and health status.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2192 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2192

To amend the Public Health Service Act to eliminate the non-application 
     of certain State waiver provisions to Members of Congress and 
                          congressional staff.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 27, 2017

Ms. McSally (for herself, Mr. Banks of Indiana, Mr. Franks of Arizona, 
 Mr. MacArthur, Mr. Flores, Mrs. Wagner, Mr. DeSantis, Mr. Arrington, 
Mr. Roe of Tennessee, Mr. Sanford, Mr. Huizenga, Mr. Olson, Mr. Wilson 
of South Carolina, Mr. Walker, Mr. Gallagher, Mr. Stivers, Mr. Bucshon, 
Mr. Upton, Ms. Stefanik, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Hudson, Mr. Pittenger, 
  Mr. Brat, Mr. Meadows, Mr. Jordan, Mr. Bridenstine, Ms. Jenkins of 
 Kansas, Mr. Knight, Mr. Bishop of Michigan, Mr. Tiberi, Mr. Yoho, Mr. 
    Harris, Mr. Fortenberry, Mr. Westerman, Mrs. Love, Mr. Lewis of 
Minnesota, Ms. Cheney, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Stewart, Mr. Smith of Missouri, 
 Mr. Walden, Mr. Tipton, Mr. Budd, Mr. Babin, Mr. Webster of Florida, 
Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Harper, Mr. Schweikert, Mr. Valadao, Mr. Bergman, Mr. 
 King of New York, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Byrne, 
  Mr. Rokita, Mr. Hollingsworth, Mr. Johnson of Ohio, Mr. Gaetz, Mr. 
Davidson, Mr. Latta, Mr. Labrador, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Faso, Mr. Garrett, 
and Mr. Gowdy) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 
House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to eliminate the non-application 
     of certain State waiver provisions to Members of Congress and 
                          congressional staff.

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

SECTION 1. ELIMINATION OF NON-APPLICATION OF CERTAIN STATE WAIVER 
              PROVISIONS TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND CONGRESSIONAL 
              STAFF.

    If the American Health Care Act is enacted, effective as if 
included in the enactment of such Act, section 2701(b)(5)(A)(ii) of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg(b)(5)(A)(ii)), as added by 
subsection (a) of section 136 of the American Health Care Act (relating 
to permitting States to waive certain ACA requirements to encourage 
fair health insurance premiums), is amended by striking 
``1312(d)(3)(D),''.
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