Health Care Regulator Accountability Act

Bill: 113-hr-3170
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8]
Introduced: 2013-09-23
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Comprehensive health care

Department of Health and Human Services

Department of the Treasury

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Health care costs and insurance

Health care coverage and access

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Latest action: action_date: 2013-09-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-09-23
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Health Care Regulator Accountability Act - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to prohibit the federal government from making any health care plan available to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), or any other federal executive agency employees responsible for the administration of the Act except a health plan created under it or offered through an American Health Benefit Exchange.</p> <p>Prohibits the Secretary of HHS, the IRS Director, and the head of any other agency involved in promulgating rules or regulations to carry out or to enforce PPACA, or any amendments made by it, from obligating or expending, in any fiscal year, more than 90% of the funds made available for the salaries and expenses of their offices unless those regulations are promulgated and take effect before the fiscal year's close. Requires rescission of any amounts which remain precluded from obligation or expenditure on that last day of the fiscal year.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3170 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 23, 2013 Mr. Posey (for himself, Mr. Rooney , and Mr. Miller of Florida ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform , and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce , House Administration , and Appropriations , 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 A BILL To provide that the only health plans that the Federal Government may make available to Federal employees responsible for the administration of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act are those created under such Act or offered through a health insurance exchange, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Health Care Regulator Accountability Act . 2. Health plans created under PPACA or offered through Exchanges to be only health plans Federal Government may make available to Federal employees responsible for administration of PPACA Section 1312(d)(3)(D) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( 42 U.S.C. 18032(d)(3)(D) ) is amended— (1) in the subparagraph heading, by striking Members of Congress and inserting Members of Congress and certain Federal employees ; (2) in clause (i), in the matter preceding subclause (I)— (A) by striking after the effective date of this subtitle, and inserting after December 31, 2013, ; (B) by striking Members of Congress and congressional staff and inserting Members of Congress, congressional staff, and Federal employees responsible for the administration of this Act ; and (C) by striking a Member of Congress or congressional staff and inserting a Member of Congress, congressional staff, or Federal employee responsible for the administration of this Act ; and (3) in clause (ii), by adding at the end the following: (III) Federal employee responsible for the administration of this Act The term Federal employee responsible for the administration of this Act , as used with respect to a year, means a Federal employee— (aa) who holds a position in the Department of Health and Human Services, the Internal Revenue Service, or any other Executive agency (as defined by section 105 of title 5, United States Code) during such year; and (bb) the duties and responsibilities of whose position (as described in item (aa)) during such year— (AA) involves the promulgation of rules or regulations to carry out this Act (or amendments made by this Act); (BB) involves the enforcement of this Act (or amendments made by this Act); or (CC) otherwise involves the administration of this Act (or amendments made by this Act), as determined under regulations promulgated by the head of the employing agency. (IV) Federal employee The term Federal employee means an employee , as defined in section 2105 of title 5, United States Code, and includes an individual to whom subsection (c) or (f) of such section 2105 pertains (whether or not such individual otherwise satisfies such section). . 3. Enforcement (a) In general The Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Director of the Internal Revenue Service, and the head of any other agency involved in promulgating rules or regulations to carry out or to enforce the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or any amendments made by such Act (as described in the amendment made by section 2(3)) may not, in any fiscal year, obligate or expend more than 90 percent of the funds made available for the salaries and expenses of the office of the Secretary, Director, or head (as the case may be) for such fiscal year unless such regulations are promulgated and take effect before the close of such fiscal year. (b) Rescission Any amounts which (by virtue of subsection (a)) remain precluded from obligation or expenditure on the last day of any fiscal year shall be rescinded on the close of such last day. (c) Limitation Nothing in this section shall be considered to affect any funds or other amounts to the extent that such amounts would (disregarding this section) otherwise be available for purposes apart from salaries or other administrative expenses of the office involved.