I 112th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6585 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 6, 2012 Mrs. Christensen introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend subtitle B of title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to extend the temporary high-risk insurance pool program to the territories.

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Inclusion of territories in temporary high-risk insurance pool program

(a)

In general

Section 1101 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18001) is amended by adding at the end the following: (h)

State defined

Notwithstanding section 1304(d), for purposes of this section the term State means each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands of the United States, and any other territory or possession of the United States. . (b)

Conforming amendment

Section 1304(d) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18024(d)) is amended by inserting (except for purposes of section 1101) after In this title.