Employee Flexibility Act

Bill: 116-s-1510
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN]
Introduced: 2019-05-16
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions

Health care costs and insurance

Health care coverage and access

Sales and excise taxes
Latest action: action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-05-16
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Employee Flexibility Act </b></p> <p>This bill increases the hours of service required for an employee to be classified as a full-time employee for purposes of the employer mandate under the&nbsp;Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide minimum essential health care coverage to full-time employees. The bill increases the hours of service threshold from an average of at least 30 hours of service&nbsp;a week to an average of at least 40 hours of service a week.</p> <p> <p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1510 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 16, 2019 Mr. Young (for himself, Mr. Manchin , Mr. Barrasso , and Ms. Sinema ) 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 modify the definition of full-time employee for purposes of the employer mandate in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Employee Flexibility Act . 2. Definition of full-time employee Section 4980H(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— (1) in paragraph (2)(E), by striking by 120 and inserting by 174 ; and (2) in paragraph (4)(A) by striking 30 hours and inserting 40 hours .