[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1624 Received in Senate (RDS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1624


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 29, 2015

                                Received

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                                 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''.

            Passed the House of Representatives September 28, 2015.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.