Heath Care Consumer Choices Preservation Act

Bill: 113-s-2801
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY]
Introduced: 2014-09-11
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Comprehensive health care

Health care costs and insurance

Health care coverage and access
Latest action: action_date: 2014-09-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-09-11
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Heath Care Consumer Choices Preservation Act - Prohibits automatic renewal for 2015 of an individual's health plan purchased through a health exchange for coverage in 2014 unless the 2015 premiums are the same as the 2014 premiums (before and after federal subsidies) or the individual requests automatic renewal.</p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2801 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 11, 2014 Mr. Enzi (for himself and Mr. Thune ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To provide for conditions on the renewal of health insurance plans purchased through Exchanges.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Heath Care Consumer Choices Preservation Act . 2. Conditions on renewal of health plans purchased through exchanges (a) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a qualified health plan purchased by an individual through an American Health Benefit Exchange for plan year 2014 shall not be automatically renewed with respect to such individual for plan year 2015 unless— (1) the plan premium for plan year 2015 is the same as the plan premium for plan year 2014; or (2) the individual requests such automatic renewal of the plan. (b) Determination of premium A plan may be automatically renewed as described in subsection (a)(1) only if the cost of the premium to the individual would be the same for plan year 2015 as for plan year 2014, before and after application of a premium assistance credit under section 36B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as applicable.