To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to prohibition on payment of bonuses and pay increases for executives of a State Exchange funded through Federal grants, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-3679
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Gardner, Cory [R-CO-4]
Introduced: 2013-12-09
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Comprehensive health care

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Health care costs and insurance

Health care coverage and access

Health programs administration and funding

State and local government operations

Wages and earnings
Latest action: action_date: 2013-12-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-12-09
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to prohibit any funds under a grant to a state for establishing an American Health Benefit Exchange from being used for a bonus or pay increase for a chief executive officer, chief information officer, chief operating officer, or similar executive with respect to the operation of such an Exchange on or after October 1, 2013.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3679 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 9, 2013 Mr. Gardner (for himself and Mr. Coffman ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to prohibition on payment of bonuses and pay increases for executives of a State Exchange funded through Federal grants, and for other purposes.

1. Prohibition on payment of bonuses and pay increases for Exchange executives Section 1311(a) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( 42 U.S.C. 18031(a) ) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (6) Prohibition on payment of bonuses and pay increases for Exchange executives The Secretary shall provide that no funds under a grant under this section may be used for a bonus or pay increase (beyond the level of compensation in effect as of October 1, 2013) for a chief executive officer, chief information officer, chief operating officer, or similar executive with respect to the operation of an Exchange on or after October 1, 2013. .