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HR 4620 115th Congress House

Protecting Families and Small Businesses Act of 2017

Official title: To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide temporary relief from the annual fee imposed on health insurance providers.

Introduced: December 19, 2017 See on congress.gov
Health Health care costs and insuranceMedicaidMedicare
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Dec 15, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Dec 12, 2017
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
Dec 12, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Latest action December 15, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Protecting Families and Small Businesses Act of 2017

This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to allow a health insurer to reduce its 2018 annual fee by the amount of premium rebates provided to enrollees under this bill. Premium rebates must be equal to the lesser of 2% of the net premiums for each individual or the premiums paid by an individual.

For a Medicaid managed care organization, the 2018 annual fee shall be reduced by 2% of the net premiums.

The bill suspends the annual fee for 2019.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 4894 Related bill Harmful Tax Prevention Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Republican 2
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Cramer, Kevin
North Dakota · Dec 21, 2017
Black, Diane
· Dec 19, 2017
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Issa, Darrell
California · Dec 19, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4620: Protecting Families and Small Businesses Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4620/
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"H.R. 4620: Protecting Families and Small Businesses Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4620/.
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H.R. 4620, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4620/.
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