[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3783 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3783

To amend section 1101 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 
to extend for one year the high risk health insurance pool program, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 16, 2013

Ms. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend section 1101 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 
to extend for one year the high risk health insurance pool program, and 
                          for other purposes.

    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 ``Rate Protection Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. 1-YEAR EXTENSION OF HIGH RISK HEALTH INSURANCE POOL PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Subsections (a) and (g)(3) of section 1101 of the 
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18001) are each 
amended by striking ``January 1, 2014'' and inserting ``January 1, 
2015''.
    (b) Transitional Funding.--Section 1101(g)(1) of the Patient 
Protection and Affordable Care Act is amended by inserting ``(plus an 
additional amount, not to exceed $1,500,000,000)'' after 
``$5,000,000,000''.
    (c) Transitional Rules for 2014.--Section 1101(g)(3) of the Patient 
Protection and Affordable Care Act is amended--
            (1) in the heading, by inserting ``; transition'' after 
        ``authority''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(C) Treatment during 1-year extension period.--In 
                implementing this section during 2014, the following 
                rules shall apply:
                            ``(i) No new enrollment.--Except as 
                        provided in clause (ii), eligible individuals 
                        are limited to those individuals who are 
                        enrolled in a qualified high risk pool through 
                        the program under this section as of December 
                        31, 2013.
                            ``(ii) Transition for individuals enrolled 
                        in a non-federally-operated high risk pool that 
                        terminates operations in 2014.--If a qualified 
                        high risk pool under this section is operated 
                        as of December 31, 2013, through a State or 
                        other eligible entity (other than the Federal 
                        Government) and such State or other eligible 
                        entity terminates operations of such pool after 
                        such date, the Secretary shall establish such 
                        procedures as may be necessary to enable 
                        eligible individuals who are enrolled in such 
                        qualified high risk pool as of the day before 
                        the date of the termination to enroll in the 
                        qualified high risk pool operated under this 
                        section by the Federal Government for the 
                        remainder of 2014.''.
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