To limit the use of the Judgement Fund to settle any lawsuit arising under section 1342 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-6339
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9]
Introduced: 2016-11-17
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Latest action: action_date: 2016-12-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-11-17
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill prohibits the Judgment Fund from being used to make payments for any compromise settlement in connection with any proceeding brought against the government under 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. 6339 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 17, 2016 Mr. Griffith (for himself, Mr. Lance , and Mr. Pitts ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To limit the use of the Judgement Fund to settle any lawsuit arising under section 1342 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and for other purposes.

1. Limitation on use of Judgement Fund Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no amounts may be paid from the fund established under section 1304 of title 31, United State Code (relating to judgments, awards, and compromise settlements), for any compromise settlement in connection with any proceeding brought against the Government under section 1342 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( 42 U.S.C. 18062(b) ).