Health Insurance Tax Relief Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-172
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO]
Introduced: 2019-01-16
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance

Insurance industry and regulation

User charges and fees
Latest action: action_date: 2019-01-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-01-16
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Health Insurance Tax Relief Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill delays reimposition of the annual fee on health insurers until 2022.</p> <p>Under current law, the annual fee for a health insurer is calculated based on the insurer's share of total premiums from the preceding year. The fee is suspended for 2019 (i.e., there is no fee based on premiums from 2018); reimposition is scheduled for 2020. </p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 172 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 16, 2019 Mr. Gardner (for himself, Mrs. Shaheen , Mr. Barrasso , Mr. Jones , Mr. Scott of South Carolina , and Ms. Sinema ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To delay the reimposition of the annual fee on health insurance providers until after 2021.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Health Insurance Tax Relief Act of 2019 . 2. Delay of reimposition of annual fee on health insurance providers until after 2020 (a) In general Section 9010(j)(3) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is amended by striking December 31, 2019 and inserting December 31, 2021 . (b) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall apply to calendar years beginning after December 31, 2019.