Employee Health Care Protection Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2808
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2014-09-15
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Comprehensive health care

Employee benefits and pensions

Health care costs and insurance

Health care coverage and access
Latest action: action_date: 2014-09-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-09-15
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Employee Health Care Protection Act of 2014 - Permits a health insurance issuer that has in effect health insurance coverage in the group market on any date during 2013 to continue offering such coverage for sale during 2014 outside of a health care exchange established under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Treats such coverage as a grandfathered health plan for purposes of an individual meeting the requirement to maintain minimum essential health coverage.</p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2808 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 15, 2014 Mr. Vitter introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To authorize health insurance issuers to continue to offer for sale current group health insurance coverage in satisfaction of the minimum essential health insurance coverage requirement, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Employee Health Care Protection Act of 2014 . 2. If you like your group health insurance plan, you can keep it (a) In general Notwithstanding any provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (including any amendment made by such Act or by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010), a health insurance issuer that has in effect health insurance coverage in the group market on any date during 2013 may continue after such date to offer such coverage for sale during and after 2014 in such market outside of an Exchange established under section 1311 or 1321 of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 18031 , 18041). (b) Treatment as grandfathered health plan in satisfaction of minimum essential coverage Health insurance coverage described in subsection (a) shall be treated as a grandfathered health plan for purposes of the amendment made by section 1501(b) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.