[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 248 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 248

  To allow an earlier start for State health care coverage innovation 
     waivers under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 1, 2011

 Mr. Wyden (for himself, Mr. Brown of Massachusetts, and Ms. Landrieu) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
          Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
  To allow an earlier start for State health care coverage innovation 
     waivers under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

    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 ``Empowering States to Innovate Act''.

SEC. 2. EARLIER START FOR STATE HEALTH CARE COVERAGE INNOVATION 
              WAIVERS.

    Section 1332(a) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 
is amended--
            (1) by striking ``January 1, 2017'' in paragraph (1) and 
        inserting ``January 1, 2014''; and
            (2) by inserting ``beginning not later than 180 days after 
        the date of the enactment of the Empowering States to Innovate 
        Act'' after ``application'' in paragraph (4)(B)(ii).
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