113 HR 5147 IH: Get Your Refund, Get Your Health Care Act U.S. House of Representatives 2014-07-17 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5147 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 17, 2014 Mrs. Kirkpatrick introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To provide certain uninsured individuals a special enrollment period after tax filing in 2015 for enrollment in qualified health plans offered through an Exchange, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Get Your Refund, Get Your Health Care Act.

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Special enrollment period for certain uninsured individuals after tax filing period in 2015

(a)

In general

The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall require that Exchanges established under title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111–148) provide to qualified uninsured individuals a 60-day special enrollment period that begins on April 15, 2015 (or, if earlier, on the date such individual files an income tax return applicable to the first taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2014). (b)

Qualified uninsured individual defined

In this section, the term qualified uninsured individual means an individual who— (1)is eligible, but who has not elected, to enroll in a qualified health plan offered through an Exchange established under title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111–148) during the open enrollment period for 2015; and (2)is liable for a penalty under section 5000A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 with respect to any month in 2014.