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HR 6215 114th Congress House

Medicaid Gap Relief Act of 2016

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt from the individual health insurance mandate certain low-income individuals residing in States that have n… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt from the individual health insurance mandate certain low-income individuals residing in States that have not elected the Medicaid expansion under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Introduced: September 28, 2016 Introduced by: Veasey, Marc A. Democratic · Texas See on congress.gov
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Became law
Oct 6, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sep 28, 2016
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Sep 28, 2016
Introduced in House
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 Latest action October 6, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Medicaid Gap Relief Act of 2016

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt certain low-income residents of states that have not expanded Medicaid under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) from the ACA's individual mandate to maintain health insurance coverage.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6215: Medicaid Gap Relief Act of 2016. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6215/
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"H.R. 6215: Medicaid Gap Relief Act of 2016." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6215/.
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H.R. 6215, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6215/.
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[H.R. 6215: Medicaid Gap Relief Act of 2016](https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6215/)
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