Premium Reduction and Insurance Market Reform Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2819
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4]
Introduced: 2015-06-18
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance

Health care coverage and access
Latest action: action_date: 2015-06-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-06-18
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Premium Reduction and Insurance Market Reform Act of 2015</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to revise requirements for private health insurance plans in a state with a federal health insurance exchange. Specifically, it exempts health plans from the requirement to cover preventive services without cost-sharing and the requirement to comply with annual out-of-pocket spending limits. It also exempts health plans in the individual and small group markets from the requirement to cover essential health benefits and the requirement to limit age-related premium variation. </p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2819 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 18, 2015 Mr. Gosar (for himself, Mrs. Blackburn , Mr. DesJarlais , Mr. Fleming , Mr. Franks of Arizona , Mr. Jody B. Hice of Georgia , and Mr. Miller of Florida ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend the Public Health Service Act to make certain provisions relating to health insurance inapplicable in a State that does not have an exchange established by the State under section 1311 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Premium Reduction and Insurance Market Reform Act of 2015 . 2. Inapplicability of certain health insurance provisions in certain States Section 2724 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300gg–23 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking subsection (b) and inserting subsections (b) and (e) ; and (2) by adding after subsection (d) the following new subsection— (e) Exception for plans in certain states In the case of a group health plan, and a health insurance issuer offering group or individual health insurance coverage, in a State that does not have an exchange established by the State under section 1311 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the following provisions of this title shall not apply: (1) The limitation on age rating premiums for adults in section 2701(a)(1)(A)(iii). (2) Section 2707. (3) Section 2713. .