A bill to delay the application of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Bill: 113-s-1490
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2013-09-10
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Comprehensive health care

Health care costs and insurance

Health care coverage and access

Sales and excise taxes
Latest action: action_date: 2013-09-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-09-10
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Delays for one year the effective date of any provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or of any health care provisions of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2011 that were scheduled to take effect on or after January 1, 2014.</p> <p>Suspends for one year, beginning January 1, 2014, any tax or tax increase imposed by such provisions if the tax or increase takes effect before that date.</p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1490 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 10, 2013 Mr. Flake (for himself, Ms. Ayotte , Mr. Scott , Mr. McConnell , Mr. Burr , Mr. Chambliss , and Mr. Coburn ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To delay the application of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

1. Delay in application of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (1) One-year delay in PPACA provisions scheduled to take effect on or after January 1, 2014 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any provision of (including any amendment made by) the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( Public Law 111–148 ) or of title I or subtitle B of title II of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2011 (Public Law 111–152) that is otherwise scheduled to take effect on or after January 1, 2014, shall not take effect until the date that is one year after the date on which such provision would otherwise have been scheduled to take effect. (2) One-year suspension of certain tax increases already in effect Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the case of any tax which is imposed or increased by any provision of (including any amendment made by) the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( Public Law 111–148 ) or of title I or subtitle B of title II of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2011 ( Public Law 111–152 ), if such tax or increase takes effect before January 1, 2014, such tax or increase shall not apply during the 1-year period beginning on such date.