Small Business Stability Act

Bill: 114-s-1415
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Heitkamp, Heidi [D-ND]
Introduced: 2015-05-21
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions

Health care costs and insurance

Small business
Latest action: action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-05-21
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Small Business Stability Act</strong> </p> <p>Amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the definition of "applicable large employer," for purposes of the mandate under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act&nbsp;(PPACA)&nbsp;to provide employees with minimum essential health care coverage, to mean an employer who employed an average of&nbsp;at&nbsp;least 101 (currently, 50) full-time&nbsp;employees during the preceding calendar year. Excludes from such definition a small employer that is eligible to purchase a qualified health plan in the small group health insurance market, as defined in PPACA. </p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1415 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 21, 2015 Ms. Heitkamp (for herself and Mr. King ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the definition of large employer for purposes of applying the employer mandate.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Small Business Stability Act . 2. Modification of large employer definition for purposes of the employer mandate (a) In general Paragraph (2) of section 4980H(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking 50 full-time employees and inserting 101 full-time employees ; and (2) in subparagraph (B)— (A) in clause (i)— (i) by striking 50 full-time employees each place it appears and inserting 100 full-time employees ; and (ii) in subclause (II), by striking in excess of 50 and inserting in excess of 100 ; and (B) by adding at the end the following: (iii) Eligible to purchase in small group market (I) In general This section shall not apply to a small employer that is eligible to purchase a qualified health plan in the small group health insurance market. (II) Definitions In this clause, the terms small employer and small group market shall have the meanings given such terms in section 1304 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. . (b) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to months beginning after December 31, 2013.