A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-s-2191
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS]
Introduced: 2014-04-01
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies

Comprehensive health care

Employee benefits and pensions

Health care costs and insurance

Health care coverage and access

Health information and medical records

Health programs administration and funding

Medicare

Prescription drugs

Sales and excise taxes
Latest action: action_date: 2014-04-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-04-01
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the excise tax on employer-sponsored health care coverage for which there is an excess benefit (high-cost plans). </p> <p>Amends the Public Health Service Act to replace the annual review of unreasonable increases in health insurance premiums with a five-year program of grants to states for establishing centers to collect and make available medical reimbursement information from health insurance issuers.</p> <p>Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to repeal the authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to deny plan bids under the Medicare Advantage Program and the Prescription Drug Benefit Program.</p> <p>Abolishes the Independent Payment Advisory Board established by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to develop proposals to reduce the rate of growth in Medicare spending.</p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2191 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 1, 2014 Mr. Roberts (for himself, Mr. Inhofe , Mr. Cochran , Mr. Moran , Mr. Wicker , Mr. Enzi , and Mr. Chambliss ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage, and for other purposes.

1. Repeal of Excise Tax on High Cost Employer-Sponsored Health Coverage (a) In general Chapter 43 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking section 4980I. (b) Clerical Amendment The table of sections for chapter 43 of such Code is amended by striking the item relating to section 4980I. 2. Repeal of health insurance premium review process Section 2794 of the Public Health Service Act (as added by section 1003 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg–94)) is amended— (1) by striking the section heading and all that follows through subsection (c), and inserting the following: 2794. Medical reimbursement data centers (a) In general The Secretary shall carry out a program to award grants to States during the 5-year period beginning with fiscal year 2010 to assist such States in establishing centers (consistent with subsection (b)) at academic or other nonprofit institutions to collect medical reimbursement information from health insurance issuers, to analyze and organize such information, and to make such information available to such issuers, health care providers, health researchers, health care policy makers, and the general public. ; and (2) in subsection (d)— (A) by redesignating such subsection as subsection (b); and (B) by striking subsection (c)(1)(C) each place that such term appears and inserting subsection (a) . 3. Repeal of the authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services to deny plan bids under Medicare parts C and D (a) Part C Section 1854(a)(5)(C) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395w–24(a)(5)(C) ) is repealed. (b) Part D Section 1860D–11(d)(3) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395w–111(d)(3) ) is repealed. (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to bids submitted for contract years beginning on or after January 1, 2015. 4. Repeal of the Independent Payment Advisory Board Effective as of the enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( Public Law 111–148 ), sections 3403 and 10320 of such Act (including the amendments made by such sections) are repealed, and any provision of law amended by such sections is hereby restored as if such sections had not been enacted into law.