Hire More Heroes Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-12
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO]
Introduced: 2015-01-06
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Comprehensive health care

Employee benefits and pensions

Health care costs and insurance

Health care coverage and access

Military medicine

Sales and excise taxes

Veterans' medical care
Latest action: action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-01-06
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Hire More Heroes Act of 2015</strong></p> <p>This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to add a provision to exempt any employee with coverage under a health care program administered by the Department of Defense, including the TRICARE program, or&nbsp;by&nbsp;the Veterans Administration, from classification as an eligible employee of an applicable large employer for purposes of the employer mandate&nbsp;under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act&nbsp;to provide such employees with minimum essential health care coverage. </p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 12 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 6, 2015 Mr. Blunt (for himself, Ms. Ayotte , Mr. Boozman , Mr. Burr , Mr. Cochran , Ms. Collins , Mr. Cornyn , Mr. Enzi , Mrs. Fischer , Mr. Hatch , Mr. Kirk , Mr. McCain , Mr. Moran , Ms. Murkowski , Mr. Portman , Mr. Roberts , Mr. Scott , Mr. Thune , Mr. Toomey , Mr. Inhofe , Mr. Vitter , and Mr. Hoeven ) 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 exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or the Veterans Administration from being taken into account for purposes of determining the employers to which the employer mandate applies under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Hire More Heroes Act of 2015 . 2. Employees with health coverage under TRICARE or the Veterans Administration not taken into account in determining employers to which the employer mandate applies under Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (a) In general Section 4980H(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following: (F) Exemption for health coverage under TRICARE or the Veterans Administration Solely for purposes of determining whether an employer is an applicable large employer under this paragraph for any month, an individual shall not be taken into account as an employee for such month if such individual has medical coverage for such month under— (i) chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, including coverage under the TRICARE program, or (ii) under a health care program under chapter 17 or 18 of title 38, United States Code, as determined by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in coordination with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary. . (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to months beginning after December 31, 2013.