[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2801 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2801

  To provide for conditions on the renewal of health insurance plans 
                      purchased through Exchanges.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 11, 2014

  Mr. Enzi (for himself and Mr. Thune) 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 provide for conditions on the renewal of health insurance plans 
                      purchased through Exchanges.

    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 ``Heath Care Consumer Choices 
Preservation Act''.

SEC. 2. CONDITIONS ON RENEWAL OF HEALTH PLANS PURCHASED THROUGH 
              EXCHANGES.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a 
qualified health plan purchased by an individual through an American 
Health Benefit Exchange for plan year 2014 shall not be automatically 
renewed with respect to such individual for plan year 2015 unless--
            (1) the plan premium for plan year 2015 is the same as the 
        plan premium for plan year 2014; or
            (2) the individual requests such automatic renewal of the 
        plan.
    (b) Determination of Premium.--A plan may be automatically renewed 
as described in subsection (a)(1) only if the cost of the premium to 
the individual would be the same for plan year 2015 as for plan year 
2014, before and after application of a premium assistance credit under 
section 36B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as applicable.
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