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<item congress="113" measure-type="hr" measure-number="5453" measure-id="id113hr5453" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2014-09-11" update-date="2014-09-25">
<title>To authorize health insurance issuers to continue to offer for sale current group health insurance coverage in satisfaction of the minimum essential health insurance coverage requirement, and for other purposes.</title>
<summary summary-id="id113hr5453v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2014-09-25">
<action-date>2014-09-11</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>Permits a health insurance issuer that has in effect health insurance coverage in the group market on any date during 2013 to continue offering such coverage for sale through 2016 outside of a health care exchange established under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Treats such coverage as a grandfathered health plan for purposes of an individual meeting the requirement to maintain minimum essential health coverage.</p>]]></summary-text>
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