Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2015

3.0.0 2519 2023-01-11T13:32:01Z 2023-01-11T13:32:01Z Senate S 2016-02-09 114 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2016-02-09T19:32:23Z Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2015 114 105 HR 2015-02-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law. Related bill CRS Health Care Choice Act of 2015 114 543 HR 2015-04-29 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS Health Freedom for Seniors Act 114 975 HR 2015-03-27 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS Medicare Patient Empowerment Act of 2015 114 1650 HR 2015-04-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make members of health care sharing ministries eligible to establish health savings accounts. 114 1752 HR 2015-04-21 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS Empowering Patients First Act of 2015 114 2300 HR 2015-11-16 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2015 114 2868 HR 2015-11-16 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS Health Care Choice Act of 2015 114 647 S 2015-03-03 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS Medicare Patient Empowerment Act of 2015 114 1849 S 2015-07-23 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS Native American Health Savings Improvement Act 114 5452 HR 2016-06-22 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS 2016-02-09 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S740-741) IntroReferral 2016-02-09 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000303 Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] JOHN MCCAIN R AZ SIDNEY N P000612 Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA] David Perdue R GA Alfred 2016-02-09 True Health Abortion Administrative remedies Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration Civil actions and liability Competition and antitrust Congressional oversight Disability and health-based discrimination Disability and paralysis Employee benefits and pensions Evidence and witnesses Federal preemption Fraud offenses and financial crimes Government studies and investigations Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Health care quality Health information and medical records Health personnel Health programs administration and funding Health promotion and preventive care Income tax credits Income tax deductions Insurance industry and regulation Intergovernmental relations Licensing and registrations Medicaid Medical research Medicare Military medicine Prescription drugs Religion Small business State and local government operations Tax-exempt organizations Veterans' medical care Health

00 2016-02-09 Introduced in Senate 2016-02-19T19:55:19Z Empowering Patients First Act of 2015

This bill repeals the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the health care provisions of the Health Care and Education and Reconciliation Act of 2010, effective as of their enactment. This bill replaces those provisions with amendments to the Internal Revenue Code, the Public Health Service Act, and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to address health care coverage.

The bill provides for refundable tax credits for health insurance coverage and health savings account (HSA) contributions.

The bill raises the annual HSA contribution limit, expands eligibility for tax-deductible HSA contributions, and allows HSAs to be used to pay periodic or capitated primary care fees.

A limit is placed on the amount of an employer's contribution to health coverage that can be excluded from the employee's taxable income.

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must provide a grant to each state for high-risk pools or reinsurance pools to subsidize health insurance for high-risk populations and individuals.

Funds authorized, tax credits, and tax deductions under this Act may not be used to pay for an abortion or health coverage that includes abortion, with exceptions.

This bill provides for the establishment and governance of independent health pools, entities that form risk pools to offer health insurance coverage to their members.

Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2015

This bill provides for the establishment and governance of association health plans, which are group health plans sponsored by business associations that meet certain ERISA certification requirements.

Health insurers offering individual coverage may deny coverage to an individual, outside of open enrollment periods. Preexisting conditions may be excluded from coverage under certain conditions.

Individual health insurance coverage is governed by the laws of a state designated by the health insurance issuer.

HHS must issue clinical practice guidelines. The bill specifies how these guidelines may be used in a health care lawsuit.

HHS may not use comparative effectiveness research or patient-centered outcomes research to deny coverage of an item or service under a federal health care program.

This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to permit Medicare beneficiaries to contract with a physician or practitioner for covered health care and submit a claim for payment under Medicare.

Health care professionals are exempted from federal and state antitrust laws in connection with negotiations with a health plan to provide health care items or services.]]>

Empowering Patients First Act of 2015 Display Title Empowering Patients First Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for incentives to encourage health insurance coverage, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Empowering Patients First Act of 2015 Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2519is/xml/BILLS-114s2519is.xml 2016-02-09 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S740-741) 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.