3.0.0 3249 2023-01-11T13:22:03Z 2023-01-11T13:22:03Z House H HR 2011-10-24 112 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. ANDREWS:H.R. 3249.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto its authority under Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of theConstitution to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, andexcises.[Page H7008]]]> hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing hsed02 Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Referred to 2011-11-18T17:22:07Z Referred to 2011-10-24T18:02:05Z hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2011-10-28T21:14:35Z Referred to 2011-10-24T18:02:15Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2011-10-24T18:02:10Z 2011-11-18 hsed02 Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. Committee 2011-10-24 Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2011-10-24 Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2011-10-24 Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2011-10-24 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2011-10-24 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress A000210 Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] ROBERT ANDREWS D NJ E. 1 N Labor and Employment Employee benefits and pensions Health care costs and insurance Income tax credits Income tax deductions Income tax exclusion Small business Labor and Employment 00 2011-10-24 Introduced in House 2012-02-07T22:23:49Z Amends the Internal Revenue Code, the Employee Retirement and Income Security Act (ERISA), and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to treat certain small employer benefit arrangements (SEBAs) as employers for the purpose of providing qualified retirement and accident and health plans or group-term life insurance.

Defines a SEBA as a member owned, democratically controlled cooperative organization that: (1) has at least 21 shareholders of whom 90% percent are in the same or similar line of business; (2) sponsors an accident and health plan for shareholder-members and any of their employees; (3) sponsors a qualified retirement plan meeting specified requirements and available to shareholder-members and their employees; (4) provides employee benefits pursuant to a written agreement; and (5) requires all benefit eligible employees of a shareholder-member to participate according to the same statutory eligibility criteria normally accorded them.

Treats the shareholder-members of a SEBA as employers for purposes of administering and allocating items of income, credits, deductions, or exclusions associated with the provision of employee benefits.

Prohibits treatment as a SEBA of any organization or related entity that is owned, in whole or in part, or managed or controlled in whole or in part, by any management agreement or certificates of indebtedness, directly or indirectly, or by: (1) any agents, brokers or providers of a health, life, or disability insurer; (2) a retirement plan service provider; (3) claim administrators; or (4) investment advisors.

Requires any group health plan established or maintained by a SEBA to be fully insured (thus prohibiting self-insurance).

]]> To recognize small employer benefit arrangements as employers, and for other purposes. Display Title To recognize small employer benefit arrangements as employers, and for other purposes. Official Title as Introduced To recognize small employer benefit arrangements as employers, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2011-10-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hr3249ih/xml/BILLS-112hr3249ih.xml 2011-11-18 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. 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. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.