[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1915 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1915

To amend subtitle D of title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable 
Care Act to clarify Congressional consent to and expand flexibility for 
                   interstate health choice compacts.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 13, 2011

   Mr. Griffith of Virginia introduced the following bill; which was 
 referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to 
   the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend subtitle D of title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable 
Care Act to clarify Congressional consent to and expand flexibility for 
                   interstate health choice compacts.

    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 ``State Compact Health Choice Act of 
2011''.

SEC. 2. CLARIFYING CONGRESSIONAL CONSENT TO AND EXPANDING FLEXIBILITY 
              FOR INTERSTATE HEALTH CHOICE COMPACTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1333(a) of the Patient Protection and 
Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18053(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) in the matter before subparagraph (A)--
                            (i) by striking ``Not later than July 1, 
                        2013, the Secretary shall, in consultation with 
                        the National Association of Insurance 
                        Commissioners, issue regulations for'' and 
                        inserting ``Subject to paragraph (3), the 
                        Congress consents to''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``under which'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (A)--
                            (i) by inserting ``under which'' before ``1 
                        or more'';
                            (ii) by striking ``qualified''; and
                            (iii) by striking ``but, except'' and all 
                        that follows through ``resides'';
                    (C) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as 
                subparagraph (C);
                    (D) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the 
                following:
                    ``(B) that identifies which State law and 
                regulations such plans shall be subject to; and''; and
                    (E) in subparagraph (C), as so redesignated--
                            (i) by inserting ``that declares whether, 
                        and to what extent,'' before ``the issuer of 
                        any''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``qualified'';
            (2) by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows:
            ``(3) Revocation.--Congress may revoke the consent for an 
        interstate compact under this subsection if the Congress passes 
        a joint resolution revoking consent for such compact.''; and
            (3) in paragraph (4), by striking ``January 1, 2016'' and 
        inserting ``the last day of the year beginning on the date of 
        the enactment of the State Compact Health Choice Act of 2011''.
    (b) Exemption From Individual Mandate.--Section 5000A(e) of the 
Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. 5000A(e)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following:
            ``(6) Interstate health choice compacts.--Any applicable 
        individual who for any month is determined to be covered by a 
        health plan offered under an interstate health choice compact 
        entered into by a State under section 1333 of the Patient 
        Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18053).''.
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