No Exemption for Washington from Obamacare Act

Bill: 115-hr-499
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. DeSantis, Ron [R-FL-6]
Introduced: 2017-01-12
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional committees

Congressional leadership

Congressional officers and employees

Federal officials

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Health care costs and insurance

Health care coverage and access

Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Latest action: action_date: 2017-01-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-01-12
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>No Exemption for Washington from Obamacare Act</strong></p> <p>This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to extend the requirement for participation in a health insurance exchange to the President, Vice President, executive branch political appointees, and employees of congressional committees and leadership offices of Congress. Currently, this requirement applies to Members of Congress and their staff.</p> <p>The government is prohibited from contributing to or subsidizing the health insurance coverage of officials and employees subject to this requirement.</p> <p> <p><BR> </p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 499 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 12, 2017 Mr. DeSantis introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform , and in addition to the Committees on House Administration , Ways and Means , and Energy and Commerce , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To require members of Congress and congressional staff to abide by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act with respect to health insurance coverage, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Exemption for Washington from Obamacare Act . 2. Health insurance coverage for certain Congressional staff and members of the executive branch Section 1312(d)(3)(D) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( 42 U.S.C. 18032(d)(3)(D) ) is amended— (1) by striking the subparagraph heading and inserting the following: (D) Members of Congress, congressional staff, and political appointees in the exchange ; (2) in clause (i), in the matter preceding subclause (I)— (A) by striking and congressional staff with and inserting , congressional staff, the President, the Vice President, and political appointees with ; and (B) by striking or congressional staff shall and inserting , congressional staff, the President, the Vice President, or a political appointee shall ; (3) in clause (ii)— (A) in subclause (II), by inserting after Congress, the following: of a committee of Congress, or of a leadership office of Congress, ; and (B) by adding at the end the following: (III) Political appointee The term political appointee means any individual who— (aa) is employed in a position described under sections 5312 through 5316 of title 5, United States Code, (relating to the Executive Schedule); (bb) is a limited term appointee, limited emergency appointee, or noncareer appointee in the Senior Executive Service, as defined under paragraphs (5), (6), and (7), respectively, of section 3132(a) of title 5, United States Code; or (cc) is employed in a position in the executive branch of the Government of a confidential or policy-determining character under schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations. ; and (4) by adding at the end the following: (iii) Government contribution No Government contribution under section 8906 of title 5, United States Code, shall be provided on behalf of an individual who is a Member of Congress, a congressional staff member, the President, the Vice President, or a political appointee for coverage under this paragraph. (iv) Limitation on amount of tax credit or cost-sharing An individual enrolling in health insurance coverage pursuant to this paragraph shall not be eligible to receive a tax credit under section 36B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or reduced cost sharing under section 1402 of this Act in an amount that exceeds the total amount for which a similarly situated individual (who is not so enrolled) would be entitled to receive under such sections. (v) Limitation on discretion for designation of staff Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a Member of Congress shall not have discretion in determinations with respect to which employees employed by the office of such Member are eligible to enroll for coverage through an Exchange. (vi) Clarification The terms small employer (as defined under section 1304(b)(2)) and qualified employers (as defined under subsection (f)) do not include the Congress, with respect to enrollments in an Exchange and a SHOP Exchange. .