Stop Taxpayer Obamacare Payouts "STOP" Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-6074
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Fleming, John [R-LA-4]
Introduced: 2016-09-20
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Latest action: action_date: 2016-09-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-09-20
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Stop Taxpayer Obamacare Payouts &quot;STOP&quot; Act of 2016 </b></p> <p>This bill prohibits the Judgment Fund from being used to make payments for any claim pertaining to the risk corridor program established by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. (The Judgment Fund is a permanent and indefinite appropriation to pay judgments against the United States, including awards, compromise settlements, and related interest and costs. The risk corridor program is a mechanism that adjusts payments to health plans based on the ratio of the allowable costs of the plan to the plan's aggregate premiums.) </p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6074 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 20, 2016 Mr. Fleming introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend title 31, United States Code, to limit the payments from the Judgment Fund in certain cases, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stop Taxpayer Obamacare Payouts ‘STOP’ Act of 2016 . 2. No payments from Judgment Fund for risk corridor cases Section 1304 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, no amount may be paid from the appropriation made by this section for any claim pertaining to the program under section 1342 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( 42 U.S.C. 18062 ). .