Healthcare Tax Relief Act

Bill: 115-s-1859
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO]
Introduced: 2017-09-26
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance

Insurance industry and regulation

User charges and fees
Latest action: action_date: 2017-09-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-09-26
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Healthcare Tax Relief Act</strong></p> <p>This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to delay the imposition of an annual fee on health insurance providers&nbsp;until after December 31, 2018.&nbsp;</p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1859 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 26, 2017 Mr. Gardner (for himself, Mr. Inhofe , Mr. Cotton , Mr. Johnson , Mr. Portman , Mr. Flake , Mr. Blunt , Mr. Barrasso , Mr. Cruz , Mr. Heller , and Mr. Scott ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To extend the moratorium on the annual fee on health insurance providers.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Healthcare Tax Relief Act . 2. Extension of moratorium on annual fee on health insurance providers Subsection (j)(2) of section 9010 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is amended by striking December 31, 2017 and inserting December 31, 2018 .