PACE Act

Bill: 114-s-1099
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC]
Introduced: 2015-04-27
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions

Health care costs and insurance

Health care coverage and access

Small business
Latest action: action_date: 2016-05-18
text: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-675.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-04-27
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act</b> <b><b>or the PACE Act</b></b></p> <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.</p> <p>PPACA is amended to give states the option to treat these employers as small employers. Currently, 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>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1099 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 27, 2015 Mr. Scott (for himself and Mrs. Shaheen ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide States with flexibility in determining the size of employers in the small group market.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act or the PACE Act . 2. Small employers in the group market (a) In general 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 employees and inserting 51 employees ; (2) in paragraph (2), by striking 100 employees and inserting 50 employees ; and (3) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following: (3) State option to extend definition of small employer Nothing in this subsection shall prevent a State from treating an employer with an average of at least 1 but not more than 100 employees on business days during the preceding calendar year as a small employer for purposes of this title. . (b) Public Health Service Act 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 employees and inserting 51 employees ; and (2) in paragraph (4), by striking 100 employees and inserting 50 employees .