[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1699 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1699

   To permit individuals to renew certain health insurance coverage 
 offered in the individual or small group markets and to provide that 
    such individuals would not be subject to the individual mandate 
                                penalty.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 13, 2013

  Mr. Udall of Colorado (for himself and Mrs. Shaheen) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                                Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
   To permit individuals to renew certain health insurance coverage 
 offered in the individual or small group markets and to provide that 
    such individuals would not be subject to the individual mandate 
                                penalty.

    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 ``Continuous Coverage Act''.

SEC. 2. PROVIDING INDIVIDUALS WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO RENEW THEIR 
              HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE.

    Notwithstanding any provision of the Patient Protection and 
Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148) or the Health Care and 
Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-152), and the 
amendments made by such Acts--
            (1) a health insurance insurer shall offer an individual 
        the opportunity to renew enrollment in health insurance 
        coverage offered in the individual market if such individual 
        was enrolled in such coverage on September 30, 2013, and such 
        individual continues to meet the requirements of eligibility 
        for such coverage (such as timely payment of premiums);
            (2) an individual may renew enrollment in health insurance 
        coverage described in paragraph (1) for plan years through 
        December 31, 2015;
            (3) health insurance coverage described in paragraph (1) 
        shall not be required to meet the requirements of 1302 of the 
        Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18022); 
        and
            (4) health insurance coverage described in paragraph (1) 
        shall be deemed to be minimum essential coverage for purposes 
        of section 5000A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986l.
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