HR 3489
113th Congress
House
Health
Comprehensive health care
Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
User charges and fees
To amend section 1341 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to repeal the funding mechanism for the transitional reinsurance program in the individual market, and for other purposes.
Introduced: November 14, 2013
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 15, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Nov 14, 2013
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Nov 14, 2013
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to eliminate the funding mechanism for the three-year transitional reinsurance program, under which group health plans are required to pay a fee to reinsurance entities for plan years beginning January 1, 2014. (The fees are distributed to individual health plans that cover high-risk individuals.) Authorizes appropriations for such reinsurance program instead.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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