Holding Health Insurers Harmless Act

Bill: 115-hr-1592
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Yoho, Ted S. [R-FL-3]
Introduced: 2017-03-16
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Civil actions and liability

Health care costs and insurance

Health care coverage and access

Insurance industry and regulation
Latest action: action_date: 2017-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-03-16
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Holding Health Insurers Harmless Act</b></p> This bill exempts health insurers and group health plan sponsors from penalties for offering coverage or plans that fail to comply with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. Coverage and plans must continue to comply with: (1) the prohibition on excluding preexisting conditions from coverage, and (2) the requirement for coverage of dependent children to be available until the dependent turns 26 years old.

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1592 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 16, 2017 Mr. Yoho introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To remove penalties for health insurers under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Holding Health Insurers Harmless Act . 2. Safe Harbor for Private Sector Health Insurance Providers from ACA Penalties (a) In general Subject to subsection (b), no health insurance issuer offering health insurance coverage nor sponsor of a group health plan shall be penalized, fined, or otherwise punished by any agency or instrumentality of the United States Government for a failure of such coverage or plan to comply with any of the applicable requirements under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (including under the amendments made by such Acts). (b) Exception Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to the requirements under section 2704 and section 2714 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300gg–3 and 300gg–14), including the regulations promulgated pursuant to such sections. (c) Definitions For purposes of this section: (1) The term agency or instrumentality means any department or independent agency of the United States Government that is tasked with enforcing applicable requirements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. (2) The terms health insurance issuer offering health insurance coverage and sponsor of a group health plan shall be construed as consistent with use of such terms for purposes of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and shall include any sole proprietorship, partnership, for-profit corporation, nonprofit corporation, or any other nongovernmental entity that engages in the sale or distribution of health insurance products.