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<dc:title>114 S1415 IS: Small Business Stability Act</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2015-05-21</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">II</distribution-code><congress>114th CONGRESS</congress><session>1st Session</session><legis-num>S. 1415</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber><action><action-date date="20150521">May 21, 2015</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="S360">Ms. Heitkamp</sponsor> (for herself and <cosponsor name-id="S363">Mr. King</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the <committee-name committee-id="SSFI00">Committee on Finance</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title>To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the definition of large employer for purposes
			 of applying the employer mandate.</official-title></form>
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 <section id="S1" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Small Business Stability Act</short-title></quote>.</text>
		</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDFA5D3B744C649388CC4EBCD94191736"><enum>2.</enum><header>Modification of large employer definition for purposes of the employer mandate</header>
 <subsection id="idCA1F6183B8204AB1B43B793C608D5D87"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Paragraph (2) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/4980H">section 4980H(c)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended—</text> <paragraph id="id3F860B89B3FD43B8A02A3467FE829004"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>50 full-time employees</quote> and inserting <quote>101 full-time employees</quote>; and</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph id="id8F066E74FFF1495CA6A1F9B0C79D989C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text> <subparagraph id="idA481D14606384AC7B21976970BC359B3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (i)—</text>
 <clause id="id26AE8D182FA64AAE92F0620AA68BEFB5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>50 full-time employees</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>100 full-time employees</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause id="idB900160AAC1545B585135ECED619CC04"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subclause (II), by striking <quote>in excess of 50</quote> and inserting <quote>in excess of 100</quote>; and</text>
 </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id017FD4EB73BD4C02B2AE3546A461DA12"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCD92F400FB624FA1934CCAD062AFB01B" style="OLC"> <clause id="idFFD705F1E0FC4784A27715F2D2F5DEAD"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Eligible to purchase in small group market</header> <subclause id="id4B549B9F351541E4A4335FA974FE13B3"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In general</header><text>This section shall not apply to a small employer that is eligible to purchase a qualified health plan in the small group health insurance market.</text>
 </subclause><subclause id="id8061D6A46F1940ECBF9B133275B09461"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this clause, the terms <term>small employer</term> and <term>small group market</term> shall have the meanings given such terms in section 1304 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.</text></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id830BAD02014540D8A262DDB3AA9ADB5A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to months beginning after December 31, 2013.</text></subsection></section></legis-body></bill> 

