SCOTUScare Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2905
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Babin, Brian [R-TX-36]
Introduced: 2015-06-25
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Health care costs and insurance

Judges

Supreme Court
Latest action: action_date: 2015-07-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-06-25
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>SCOTUScare Act of 2015</b></p> This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to limit the health plans the federal government may make available to Supreme Court Justices and Supreme Court employees to those that are created under PPACA or offered through a health insurance exchange.

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2905 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 25, 2015 Mr. Babin (for himself, Mr. Ratcliffe , and Mr. Bridenstine ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary , and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To amend title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide that only health plans made available by the Federal Government to Supreme Court Justices and staff are Exchange health plans.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the SCOTUScare Act of 2015 . 2. Supreme Court Justices and staff in the Exchange Section 1312(d)(3) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( 42 U.S.C. 18032(d)(3) ) is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (E) Supreme Court Justices and staff in the Exchange (i) Requirement Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for plan years beginning after the date of the enactment of the SCOTUScare Act of 2015, the only health plans that the Federal Government may make available to Justices of the Supreme Court and Supreme Court staff with respect to their service as a Justice of the Supreme Court or Supreme Court staff shall be health plans that are— (I) created under this Act (or an amendment made by this Act); or (II) offered through an Exchange established under this Act (or an amendment made by this Act). (ii) Definitions In this section: (I) Justice of the Supreme Court The term Justice of the Supreme Court means any Associate Justice or Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. (II) Supreme Court staff The term Supreme Court staff means any individual who is an employee of the Supreme Court of the United States. .