[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5384 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5384

 To amend the Public Health Service Act to extend health plan coverage 
to dependent children in the individual and group market, contingent on 
   the enactment of legislation repealing the Patient Protection and 
              Affordable Care Act, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 31, 2014

Mr. Valadao (for himself, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Pearce, and Mr. Coffman) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                          Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Public Health Service Act to extend health plan coverage 
to dependent children in the individual and group market, contingent on 
   the enactment of legislation repealing the Patient Protection and 
              Affordable Care Act, 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 ``Securing Health Care for Young 
Americans Act of 2014''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF DEPENDENT COVERAGE.

    (a) Group Market.--
            (1) In general.--Subpart 1 of part A of title XXVII of the 
        Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg et seq.) is amended 
        by adding at the end:

``SEC. 2703A. EXTENSION OF DEPENDENT COVERAGE.

    ``(a) In General.--A group health plan and a health insurance 
issuer offering group health insurance coverage that provides dependent 
coverage of children shall continue to make such coverage available for 
such a dependent after such dependent turns 18 years of age until the 
first of the following events occurs:
            ``(1) The dependent turns 26 years of age.
            ``(2) The dependent marries.
            ``(3) Subject to subsection (c), the dependent no longer 
        resides in the home of--
                    ``(A) the policy holder through which such 
                dependent is eligible for dependent coverage; or
                    ``(B) in the case that the policy holder through 
                which such dependent is eligible for dependent coverage 
                provides such coverage subject to an order to provide 
                child support, the dependent's parent or legal 
                guardian.
    ``(b) Exception for College Students.--Paragraph (3) of subsection 
(a) shall not apply to a dependent for any period of time during which 
such dependent is enrolled as a full-time student at a postsecondary 
educational institution (including an institution of higher education 
as defined in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965).
    ``(c) Limitation.--Nothing in this section shall require a plan or 
an issuer described in subsection (a) to make coverage available for a 
child of an individual receiving dependent coverage pursuant to this 
section.
    ``(d) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be 
construed to modify the definition of `dependent' as used in the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 with respect to the tax treatment of the 
cost of coverage.''.
            (2) Regulations.--The Secretary shall promulgate 
        regulations to define the dependents to which coverage shall be 
        made available under section 2703A of the Public Health Service 
        Act, as added by paragraph (1).
    (b) Individual Market.--Subpart 1 of part B of title XXVII of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg-41 et seq.) is amended by 
adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 2748. EXTENSION OF DEPENDENT COVERAGE.

    ``The provisions of section 2703A shall apply to health insurance 
coverage offered to individuals by a health insurance issuer in the 
individual market in the same manner as it applies to health insurance 
coverage offered by a health insurance issuer in the group market.''.
    (c) Effective Date Contingent on Repeal of PPACA.--
            (1) In general.--Subsections (a) and (b) and the amendments 
        made by such subsections shall take effect upon the enactment 
        of PPACA repeal legislation described in paragraph (2) and such 
        subsections and amendments shall have no force or effect if 
        such PPACA repeal legislation is not enacted.
            (2) PPACA repeal legislation described.--For purposes of 
        paragraph (1), PPACA repeal legislation described in this 
        paragraph is legislation that--
                    (A) repeals Public Law 111-148, and restores or 
                revives the provisions of law amended or repealed, 
                respectively, by such Act as if such Act had not been 
                enacted and without further amendment to such 
                provisions of law; and
                    (B) repeals title I and subtitle B of title II of 
                the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 
                2010 (Public Law 111-152), and restores or revives the 
                provisions of law amended or repealed, respectively, by 
                such title or subtitle, respectively, as if such title 
                and subtitle had not been enacted and without further 
                amendment to such provisions of law.
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