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[H.R. 1624 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.1624

                     One Hundred Fourteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
           the sixth day of January, two thousand and fifteen


                                 An Act


 
 To amend title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and 
title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to revise the definition of 
                             small employer.

    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 ``Protecting Affordable Coverage for 
Employees Act''.
SEC. 2. REVISION OF DEFINITION OF SMALL EMPLOYER UNDER HEALTH INSURANCE 
MARKET PROVISIONS.
    (a) PPACA Amendments.--Section 1304(b) of the Patient Protection 
and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18024(b)) is amended--
        (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``101'' and inserting ``51'';
        (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``100'' and inserting ``50''; 
    and
        (3) by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows:
        ``(3) State option to extend definition of small employer.--
    Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2), nothing in this section 
    shall prevent a State from applying this subsection by treating as 
    a small employer, with respect to a calendar year and a plan year, 
    an employer who employed an average of at least 1 but not more than 
    100 employees on business days during the preceding calendar year 
    and who employs at least 1 employee on the first day of the plan 
    year.''.
    (b) PHSA Amendments.--Section 2791(e) of the Public Health Service 
Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg-91(e)) is amended--
        (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ``101'' and inserting ``51'';
        (2) in paragraph (4), by striking ``100'' and inserting ``50''; 
    and
        (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
        ``(7) State option to extend definition of small employer.--
    Notwithstanding paragraphs (2) and (4), nothing in this section 
    shall prevent a State from applying this subsection by treating as 
    a small employer, with respect to a calendar year and a plan year, 
    an employer who employed an average of at least 1 but not more than 
    100 employees on business days during the preceding calendar year 
    and who employs at least 1 employee on the first day of the plan 
    year.''.
    (c) Deposit of Savings Into Medicare Improvement Fund.--Section 
1898(b)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395iii(b)(1)) is 
amended by striking ``$0'' and inserting ``$205,000,000''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.