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<item congress="113" measure-type="s" measure-number="2173" measure-id="id113s2173" originChamber="SENATE" orig-publish-date="2014-03-27" update-date="2014-05-19">
<title>CHOICE Act</title>
<summary summary-id="id113s2173v00" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2014-05-19">
<action-date>2014-03-27</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>Consumers Having Options in Choosing Enrollment Act or CHOICE Act - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to issue guidelines and necessary operational specifications to provide for the establishment of a permanent pathway to enable individuals to enroll in qualified health plans through: (1) a state-based Exchange, if there is one, or if appropriate, a health insurance issuer, a certified agent or broker, or a Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services (CMS)-certified Internet web-based broker or entity; or (2) the Federal Exchange (in a state with no state exchange), a health insurance issuer, an agent or broker certified by the Federal Exchange, or a CMS-certified Internet web-based broker or entity.</p> <p>Makes guidelines and operational capabilities issued under this Act available to consumers and applicable health insurance issuers and entities for any enrollment period required by PPACA. </p>]]></summary-text>
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