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<item congress="114" measure-type="s" measure-number="1415" measure-id="id114s1415" originChamber="SENATE" orig-publish-date="2015-05-21" update-date="2015-07-15">
<title>Small Business Stability Act</title>
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<action-date>2015-05-21</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><strong>Small Business Stability Act</strong> </p> <p>Amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the definition of "applicable large employer," for purposes of the mandate under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act&nbsp;(PPACA)&nbsp;to provide employees with minimum essential health care coverage, to mean an employer who employed an average of&nbsp;at&nbsp;least 101 (currently, 50) full-time&nbsp;employees during the preceding calendar year. Excludes from such definition a small employer that is eligible to purchase a qualified health plan in the small group health insurance market, as defined in PPACA. </p>]]></summary-text>
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