[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2696 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2696

   To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to require 
certain health insurance premium increase information submitted to the 
    Secretary of Health and Human Services be disclosed to Congress.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 9, 2015

 Mr. Griffith introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to require 
certain health insurance premium increase information submitted to the 
    Secretary of Health and Human Services be disclosed to Congress.

    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 ``Insurance Rate Transparency Act''.

SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE TO CONGRESS OF CERTAIN HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUM 
              INCREASE INFORMATION.

    Section 2794(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg-
94(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(3) Reports to congress.--In the case of any information 
        (including justification) relating to premium increases that is 
        submitted for the 2016 plan year or a subsequent plan year to 
        the Secretary pursuant to subsection (a) or this subsection, 
        not later than 30 days after the date of receipt of such 
        information (or, in the case of information submitted before 
        the date of the enactment of this paragraph for the plan year 
        2016, not later than 30 days after such date of enactment), the 
        Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Energy and Commerce 
        and on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and the 
        Committees on Finance and on Health, Education, Labor, and 
        Pensions of the Senate a report containing such information 
        presented according to the following categories of health care 
        consumers:
                    ``(A) A category representing self-only coverage 
                for a single, nonsmoking male who is 30 years of age.
                    ``(B) A category representing self-only coverage 
                for a single, smoking male who is 30 years of age.
                    ``(C) A category representing self-only coverage 
                for a single, nonsmoking female who is 30 years of age.
                    ``(D) A category representing self-only coverage 
                for a single, smoking female who is 30 years of age.
                    ``(E) A category representing family coverage for a 
                family of four, including two parents who are each 40 
                years of age.
                    ``(F) A category representing family coverage for a 
                couple consisting of two individuals who are each 55 
                years of age.''.
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