[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1849 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1849

To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide for 
                 a fixed annual open enrollment period.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 18, 2013

Mr. Alexander (for himself, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Inhofe, and Mr. 
   Isakson) 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 amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide for 
                 a fixed annual open enrollment period.

    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 ``Premium Disclosure Act''.

SEC. 2. ANNUAL OPEN ENROLLMENT PERIODS UNDER THE ACA.

    Section 1311(c)(6) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care 
Act (42 U.S.C. 18031(c)(6)) is amended--
            (1) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the 
        following:
                    ``(B) annual open enrollment periods that commence 
                on October 15 and end on December 7 of each calendar 
                year after the initial open enrollment period, and such 
                dates shall not be subject to modification by any 
                action of the Secretary;''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following flush sentence:
        ``The Secretary shall carry out activities that are designed to 
        broadly disseminate information to qualified individuals (and 
        individuals who may become qualified individuals) concerning 
        open enrollment periods, monthly beneficiary premiums, and 
        beneficiary cost-sharing requirements under qualified health 
        plans under this part. Such activities shall ensure that such 
        information is first made available to individuals at least 30 
        days prior to the initial open enrollment period.''.
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