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HR 1933 115th Congress House

Health Care Options Act of 2017

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals to receive a premium assistance credit for insurance not purchased on an Exchange, and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 5, 2017 See on congress.gov
Taxation Health care costs and insuranceHealth care coverage and accessIncome tax creditsSales and excise taxes
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Apr 7, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 5, 2017
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Apr 5, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 7, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Health Care Options Act of 2017

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to temporarily permit certain individuals to use the premium assistance tax credit to purchase health insurance outside of an exchange established under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care (PPACA).

The bill applies to individuals who reside in a rating area or county that the Department of Health and Human Services has certified has no qualified health plans offered through an exchange established under PPACA.

Individuals residing in the areas or counties may use the premium assistance tax credit through 2019 to enroll in a plan outside of an exchange if the plan is: (1) authorized by the state in which the taxpayer resides to be offered in the individual market, or (2) is a not-for-profit membership organization that is organized and authorized under state law to accept member contributions to fund health care benefits for members and their families.

The bill prohibits advance payments of the credit from being made with respect to the off-exchange plans and specifies reporting requirements for the plans.

Through 2019, the bill also exempts the individuals residing in the counties or areas from the requirement to maintain minimum essential health coverage (commonly referred to as the individual mandate).

 Related & companion bills 3
  • HR 2516 Related bill Freedom from the ACA Tax Penalty Act
  • HR 2086 Related bill No Coverage, No Penalty Act
  • S 761 Identical bill Health Care Options Act of 2017
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Republican 4
Black, Diane
· Apr 5, 2017
 R
Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Apr 5, 2017
 R
DesJarlais, Scott
Tennessee · Apr 5, 2017
 R
Fleischmann, Charles J. "Chuck"
Tennessee · Apr 5, 2017
 R
Kustoff, David
Tennessee · Apr 5, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1933: Health Care Options Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1933/
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"H.R. 1933: Health Care Options Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1933/.
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H.R. 1933, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1933/.
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