Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act

Bill: 114-hr-1624
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Guthrie, Brett [R-KY-2]
Introduced: 2015-03-25
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions

Health care costs and insurance

Small business
Latest action: action_date: 2015-10-07
text: Became Public Law No: 114-60.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-03-25
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act</b></p> This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and Public Health Service Act to include employers with 51 to 100 employees as large employers for purposes of health insurance markets. States have the option to treat these employers as small employers. Currently under PPACA, employers with 51 to 100 employees are small employers, but before January 1, 2016, states have the option to treat them as large employers. (Under PPACA, health insurance offered in the small group market must meet certain requirements that do not apply to the large group market, including the requirement to cover the essential health benefits.)

action_date: 2015-09-28
action_desc: Passed House amended
text: <p><b>Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act</b></p> <p>(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and Public Health Service Act to include employers with 51 to 100 employees as large employers for purposes of health insurance markets. States have the option to treat these employers as small employers. Currently under PPACA, employers with 51 to 100 employees are small employers, but before January 1, 2016, states have the option to treat them as large employers. (Under PPACA, health insurance offered in the small group market must meet certain requirements that do not apply to the large group market, including the requirement to cover the essential health benefits.) </p> <p>Funds are made available to the Medicare Improvement Fund for services provided during and after FY2020.</p>

action_date: 2015-10-01
action_desc: Passed Senate without amendment
text: <p>(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on September 28, 2015. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</p> <p><b>Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act</b></p> <p>(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and Public Health Service Act to include employers with 51 to 100 employees as large employers for purposes of health insurance markets. States have the option to treat these employers as small employers. Currently under PPACA, employers with 51 to 100 employees are small employers, but before January 1, 2016, states have the option to treat them as large employers. (Under PPACA, health insurance offered in the small group market must meet certain requirements that do not apply to the large group market, including the requirement to cover the essential health benefits.) </p> <p>Funds are made available to the Medicare Improvement Fund for services provided during and after FY2020.</p>

action_date: 2015-10-07
action_desc: Public Law
text: <p>(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on September 28, 2015. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</p> <p><b>Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act</b></p> <p>(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and Public Health Service Act to include employers with 51 to 100 employees as large employers for purposes of health insurance markets. States have the option to treat these employers as small employers. Currently under PPACA, employers with 51 to 100 employees are small employers, but before January 1, 2016, states have the option to treat them as large employers. (Under PPACA, health insurance offered in the small group market must meet certain requirements that do not apply to the large group market, including the requirement to cover the essential health benefits.) </p> <p>Funds are made available to the Medicare Improvement Fund for services provided during and after FY2020.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1624 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 25, 2015 Mr. Guthrie (for himself, Mr. Cárdenas , Mr. Mullin , and Ms. Sinema ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to revise the definition of small employer.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act . 2. Revision of definition of small employer under health insurance market provisions (a) PPACA amendments Section 1304(b) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( 42 U.S.C. 18024(b) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by striking 101 and inserting 51 ; (2) in paragraph (2), by striking 100 and inserting 50 ; and (3) by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows: (3) State option to extend definition of small employer Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2), nothing in this section shall prevent a State from applying this subsection by treating as a small employer, with respect to a calendar year and a plan year, an employer who employed an average of at least 1 but not more than 100 employees on business days during the preceding calendar year and who employs at least 1 employee on the first day of the plan year. . (b) PHSA amendments Section 2791(e) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300gg–91(e) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (2), by striking 101 and inserting 51 ; (2) in paragraph (4), by striking 100 and inserting 50 ; and (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (7) State option to extend definition of small employer Notwithstanding paragraphs (2) and (4), nothing in this section shall prevent a State from applying this subsection by treating as a small employer, with respect to a calendar year and a plan year, an employer who employed an average of at least 1 but not more than 100 employees on business days during the preceding calendar year and who employs at least 1 employee on the first day of the plan year. .

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1624 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AN ACT To amend title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to revise the definition of small employer.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act . 2. Revision of definition of small employer under health insurance market provisions (a) PPACA amendments Section 1304(b) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( 42 U.S.C. 18024(b) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by striking 101 and inserting 51 ; (2) in paragraph (2), by striking 100 and inserting 50 ; and (3) by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows: (3) State option to extend definition of small employer Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2), nothing in this section shall prevent a State from applying this subsection by treating as a small employer, with respect to a calendar year and a plan year, an employer who employed an average of at least 1 but not more than 100 employees on business days during the preceding calendar year and who employs at least 1 employee on the first day of the plan year. . (b) PHSA amendments Section 2791(e) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300gg–91(e) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (2), by striking 101 and inserting 51 ; (2) in paragraph (4), by striking 100 and inserting 50 ; and (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (7) State option to extend definition of small employer Notwithstanding paragraphs (2) and (4), nothing in this section shall prevent a State from applying this subsection by treating as a small employer, with respect to a calendar year and a plan year, an employer who employed an average of at least 1 but not more than 100 employees on business days during the preceding calendar year and who employs at least 1 employee on the first day of the plan year. . (c) Deposit of savings into Medicare Improvement Fund Section 1898(b)(1) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395iii(b)(1) ) is amended by striking $0 and inserting $205,000,000 .

Passed the House of Representatives September 28, 2015. Karen L. Haas, Clerk.

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1624 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 29, 2015 Received AN ACT To amend title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to revise the definition of small employer.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act . 2. Revision of definition of small employer under health insurance market provisions (a) PPACA amendments Section 1304(b) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( 42 U.S.C. 18024(b) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by striking 101 and inserting 51 ; (2) in paragraph (2), by striking 100 and inserting 50 ; and (3) by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows: (3) State option to extend definition of small employer Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2), nothing in this section shall prevent a State from applying this subsection by treating as a small employer, with respect to a calendar year and a plan year, an employer who employed an average of at least 1 but not more than 100 employees on business days during the preceding calendar year and who employs at least 1 employee on the first day of the plan year. . (b) PHSA amendments Section 2791(e) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300gg–91(e) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (2), by striking 101 and inserting 51 ; (2) in paragraph (4), by striking 100 and inserting 50 ; and (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (7) State option to extend definition of small employer Notwithstanding paragraphs (2) and (4), nothing in this section shall prevent a State from applying this subsection by treating as a small employer, with respect to a calendar year and a plan year, an employer who employed an average of at least 1 but not more than 100 employees on business days during the preceding calendar year and who employs at least 1 employee on the first day of the plan year. . (c) Deposit of savings into Medicare Improvement Fund Section 1898(b)(1) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395iii(b)(1) ) is amended by striking $0 and inserting $205,000,000 .

Passed the House of Representatives September 28, 2015. Karen L. Haas, Clerk

tv_txt: I One Hundred Fourteenth Congress of the United States of America At the First Session Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, the sixth day of January, two thousand and fifteen H. R. 1624 AN ACT To amend title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to revise the definition of small employer.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act . 2. Revision of definition of small employer under health insurance market provisions (a) PPACA amendments Section 1304(b) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( 42 U.S.C. 18024(b) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by striking 101 and inserting 51 ; (2) in paragraph (2), by striking 100 and inserting 50 ; and (3) by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows: (3) State option to extend definition of small employer Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2), nothing in this section shall prevent a State from applying this subsection by treating as a small employer, with respect to a calendar year and a plan year, an employer who employed an average of at least 1 but not more than 100 employees on business days during the preceding calendar year and who employs at least 1 employee on the first day of the plan year. . (b) PHSA amendments Section 2791(e) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300gg–91(e) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (2), by striking 101 and inserting 51 ; (2) in paragraph (4), by striking 100 and inserting 50 ; and (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (7) State option to extend definition of small employer Notwithstanding paragraphs (2) and (4), nothing in this section shall prevent a State from applying this subsection by treating as a small employer, with respect to a calendar year and a plan year, an employer who employed an average of at least 1 but not more than 100 employees on business days during the preceding calendar year and who employs at least 1 employee on the first day of the plan year. . (c) Deposit of savings into Medicare Improvement Fund Section 1898(b)(1) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395iii(b)(1) ) is amended by striking $0 and inserting $205,000,000 .

Speaker of the House of Representatives. Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate.