114 S12 IS: Hire More Heroes Act of 2015 U.S. Senate 2015-01-06 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.

II114th CONGRESS1st SessionS. 12IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESJanuary 6, 2015Mr. Blunt (for himself, Ms. Ayotte, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Burr, Mr. Cochran, Ms. Collins, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Enzi, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Kirk, Mr. McCain, Mr. Moran, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Portman, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Scott, Mr. Thune, Mr. Toomey, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Vitter, and Mr. Hoeven) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on FinanceA BILLTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or the Veterans Administration from being taken into account for purposes of determining the employers to which the employer mandate applies under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Hire More Heroes Act of 2015.

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Employees with health coverage under TRICARE or the Veterans Administration not taken into account in determining employers to which the employer mandate applies under Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

(a)

In general

Section 4980H(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following: (F)

Exemption for health coverage under TRICARE or the Veterans Administration

Solely for purposes of determining whether an employer is an applicable large employer under this paragraph for any month, an individual shall not be taken into account as an employee for such month if such individual has medical coverage for such month under— (i)chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, including coverage under the TRICARE program, or (ii)under a health care program under chapter 17 or 18 of title 38, United States Code, as determined by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in coordination with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary.. (b)

Effective date

The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to months beginning after December 31, 2013.