To provide that the only health plans that the Federal Government may make available to the President, Vice President, Members of Congress, and Federal employees are those created under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or offered through a health insurance exchange.

Bill: 113-hr-1780
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Camp, Dave [R-MI-4]
Introduced: 2013-04-26
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Comprehensive health care

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Health care costs and insurance

Health care coverage and access

Members of Congress

Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Latest action: action_date: 2013-05-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-04-26
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to restrict the health plans that the federal government may make available to the President, Vice-President, or federal employees to a health plan either created under PPACA or offered through a health care exchange established under PPACA. (Currently, such restriction applies to Members of Congress and congressional staff.)</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1780 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 26, 2013 Mr. Camp (for himself, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas , Mr. Brady of Texas , Mr. Nunes , Mr. Boustany , Mr. Schock , and Mr. Roskam ) 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 and 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 A BILL To provide that the only health plans that the Federal Government may make available to the President, Vice President, Members of Congress, and Federal employees are those created under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or offered through a health insurance exchange.

1. Health plans created under PPACA or offered through Exchanges to be only health plans Federal Government may make available to President, Vice President, Members of Congress, and Federal employees 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 President, Vice President, Members of Congress, and Federal employees ; (2) in clause (i), in the matter preceding subclause (I)— (A) by striking Members of Congress and congressional staff and inserting the President, Vice President, Members of Congress, and Federal employees ; and (B) by striking a Member of Congress or congressional staff and inserting the President, the Vice President, a Member of Congress, or a Federal employee ; and (3) in clause (ii), by amending subclause (II) to read as follows: (II) Federal employee The term Federal employee means— (aa) an employee , as such term is defined in section 2105 of title 5, United States Code; and (bb) includes an individual to whom subsection (c) or (f) of such section 2105 pertains (whether or not such individual satisfies item (aa)). .