To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to permit insurers to offer catastrophic coverage plans to anyone, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-3598
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Fortenberry, Jeff [R-NE-1]
Introduced: 2013-11-21
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance

Health care coverage and access

Insurance industry and regulation
Latest action: action_date: 2013-11-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-11-21
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to consider catastrophic health plans to be providing essential health benefits by removing certain enrollment eligibility restrictions (concerning age, certification of exemption from the Internal Revenue Code requirement to maintain minimum essential coverage, and offering of the plan only in the individual market).</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3598 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 21, 2013 Mr. Fortenberry 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 permit insurers to offer catastrophic coverage plans to anyone, and for other purposes.

1. Permitting insurers to offer catastrophic coverage plans to anyone (a) In general Section 1302(e) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( 42 U.S.C. 18022(e) ) is amended to read as follows: (e) Catastrophic plan A health plan not providing a bronze, silver, gold, or platinum level of coverage shall be treated as meeting the requirements of subsection (d) with respect to any plan year if the plan provides— (1) except as provided in paragraph (2), the essential health benefits determined under subsection (b), except that the plan provides no benefits for any plan year until the individual has incurred cost-sharing expenses in an amount equal to the annual limitation in effect under subsection (c)(1) for the plan year (except as provided for in section 2713); and (2) coverage for at least three primary care visits. . (b) Conforming amendment Section 1312(d)(3)(C) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( 42 U.S.C. 18032(d)(3)(C) ) is amended by striking , except that and all that follows through section 1302(e) . (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall be effective as if included in the enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.