[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6451 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6451

  To repeal provisions of the recently enacted health care reform law 
that prohibit preexisting condition exclusions or other discrimination 
                  based on health status for children.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 29, 2010

 Mr. Ackerman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To repeal provisions of the recently enacted health care reform law 
that prohibit preexisting condition exclusions or other discrimination 
                  based on health status for children.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Fifth Health Insurance Protects 
America--Can't Repeal IT (HIPA-CRIT) Act''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF HEALTH CARE REFORM PROHIBITION OF PREEXISTING 
              CONDITION EXCLUSIONS OR OTHER DISCRIMINATION BASED ON 
              HEALTH STATUS FOR CHILDREN.

    The provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 
(Public Law 111-148), insofar as such Act prohibits under section 
2704(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg-3(a)) a group 
health plan and a health insurance issuer offering group or individual 
health insurance coverage from imposing any preexisting condition 
exclusion with respect to such plan or coverage with respect to 
enrollees who are under 19 years of age, are hereby repealed, effective 
as of the date of the enactment of this Act.
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