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<item congress="115" measure-type="s" measure-number="2241" measure-id="id115s2241" originChamber="SENATE" orig-publish-date="2017-12-14" update-date="2018-03-19">
<title>A bill to amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act by clarifying that State Exchanges are prohibited from imposing fees or assessments on issuers of excepted benefits and standalone dental plans not sold through an Exchange.</title>
<summary summary-id="id115s2241v00" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2018-03-19">
<action-date>2017-12-14</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to prohibit a state, solely to fund its health insurance exchange, from charging a health insurer a fee or tax&nbsp;for&nbsp;excepted benefits coverage (benefits not subject to requirements under the Act)&nbsp;or on standalone dental plans that are not sold on an exchange.</p>]]></summary-text>
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<dc:contributor>Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress</dc:contributor>
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