Employee Health Care Protection Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-158
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2015-01-13
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: 2015-01-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-01-13
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Employee Health Care Protection Act of 2015</b></p> <p>Permits a health insurance issuer that had in effect health insurance coverage in the group market on any date during 2013 to continue offering that coverage through 2018 outside of a health care exchange established under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Treats that coverage as a grandfathered health plan for purposes of an individual meeting the requirement to maintain minimum essential health coverage.</p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 158 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 13, 2015 Mr. Cassidy (for himself and Mr. Vitter ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 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 2015 . 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 after such date offer such coverage for sale through December 31, 2018, in such market outside of an Exchange established under section 1311 or 1321 of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 18031 , 18041). A group health plan shall not be treated as not complying with the requirements of such Act (or the amendments made by such Acts) insofar as it provides health benefits through health insurance coverage that is permitted under the previous sentence. (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. (c) Construction Nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting the authority of States with respect to the regulation of health insurance coverage in the group market.