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HR 141 114th Congress House Finance and Financial Sector Disaster relief and insurance Floods and storm protection Insurance industry and regulation

Flood Insurance Premium Parity Act of 2015

Introduced: January 6, 2015 See on congress.gov
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Flood Insurance Premium Parity Act of 2015

Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to prohibit the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from estimating reduced (subsidized) risk premium rates for flood insurance for residential property that is neither the primary residence of an individual (as under current law) nor the secondary residence of the property owner.

Directs FEMA to establish standards for a residential property to qualify as a secondary residence eligible for subsidized risk flood insurance premium rates that: (1) require the owner to occupy the property for an appropriate minimum period of time each year, and (2) limit subsidized risk premium rates to but a single property of the owner.

Repeals the prohibition against estimating subsidized risk premium rates for business property (thus qualifying business property for such rates).

Requires FEMA, when developing guidance and rate tables necessary to implement this Act, to consult with Write Your Own companies, which are participating property and casualty insurance companies that write and service standard flood insurance policies in cooperation with FEMA. Write Your Own companies shall have between six and eight months following issuance of final guidance and rate tables to implement the changes required by them.

Directs FEMA to refund directly to insureds any flood insurance premiums collected in excess of the rates required under this Act.

What's happening now January 6, 2015

Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

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