3.0.0 2114 2023-01-11T13:29:33Z 2023-01-11T13:29:33Z Senate S 2015-10-01 114 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-10-01T14:28:18Z Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2016 114 5475 HR 2016-09-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS 2015-10-01 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2015-10-01 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK N S001198 Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK] Dan Sullivan R AK 2015-10-01 True S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI 2015-10-01 True Health Alaska Natives and Hawaiians Comprehensive health care Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Health programs administration and funding Indian social and development programs Minority health Health 00 2015-10-01 Introduced in Senate 2015-11-02T17:38:34Z This bill amends title I (Quality, Affordable Health Care for All Americans) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to add a definition of “Indian.” This definition includes individuals of Indian descent who are members of an Indian community served by the Indian Health Service and individuals considered by the Department of Health and Human Services to be Indian for purposes of eligibility for Indian health care services, including California Indians, Eskimos, Aleuts, or other Alaska Natives.

Individuals included in the above definition are eligible for special monthly enrollment periods on health insurance exchanges and elimination of cost-sharing under individual health coverage for those whose income is not more than 300% of the poverty line. (Currently, only members of Indian tribes are eligible for these benefits.)

Indians are exempted from the penalty for not maintaining minimum essential health coverage.

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A bill to correct inconsistencies in the definitions relating to Native Americans in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Display Title A bill to correct inconsistencies in the definitions relating to Native Americans in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Official Title as Introduced A bill to correct inconsistencies in the definitions relating to Native Americans in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2114is/xml/BILLS-114s2114is.xml 2015-10-01 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.