Rate Protection Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3783
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Lujan Grisham, Michelle [D-NM-1]
Introduced: 2013-12-16
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Comprehensive health care

Health care costs and insurance

Health care coverage and access

Health programs administration and funding
Latest action: action_date: 2013-12-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-12-16
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Rate Protection Act of 2013 - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to extend, from January 1, 2014, to January 1, 2015, the temporary high risk health insurance pool program providing health insurance coverage to uninsured individuals who have a preexisting condition.</p> <p>Appropriates additional funds to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to pay claims that exceed the amount of premiums collected from the high risk pool's enrollees.</p> <p>Prohibits individuals who were not enrolled in the high risk health insurance pool program at the close of 2013 from enrolling in the program in 2014, but requires the Secretary to enable individuals to enroll in the federal government's high risk pool program if they are enrolled until the day before a high risk pool that was operated by a state or nonprofit private entity as of December 31, 2013, is terminated in 2014.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3783 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 16, 2013 Ms. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend section 1101 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to extend for one year the high risk health insurance pool program, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Rate Protection Act of 2013 . 2. 1-year extension of high risk health insurance pool program (a) In general Subsections (a) and (g)(3) of section 1101 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( 42 U.S.C. 18001 ) are each amended by striking January 1, 2014 and inserting January 1, 2015 . (b) Transitional funding Section 1101(g)(1) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is amended by inserting (plus an additional amount, not to exceed $1,500,000,000) after $5,000,000,000 . (c) Transitional rules for 2014 Section 1101(g)(3) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is amended— (1) in the heading, by inserting ; transition after authority ; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (C) Treatment during 1-year extension period In implementing this section during 2014, the following rules shall apply: (i) No new enrollment Except as provided in clause (ii), eligible individuals are limited to those individuals who are enrolled in a qualified high risk pool through the program under this section as of December 31, 2013. (ii) Transition for individuals enrolled in a non-Federally-operated high risk pool that terminates operations in 2014 If a qualified high risk pool under this section is operated as of December 31, 2013, through a State or other eligible entity (other than the Federal Government) and such State or other eligible entity terminates operations of such pool after such date, the Secretary shall establish such procedures as may be necessary to enable eligible individuals who are enrolled in such qualified high risk pool as of the day before the date of the termination to enroll in the qualified high risk pool operated under this section by the Federal Government for the remainder of 2014. .