[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2819 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2819

   To amend the Public Health Service Act to make certain provisions 
relating to health insurance inapplicable in a State that does not have 
an exchange established by the State under section 1311 of the Patient 
                  Protection and Affordable Care Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 18, 2015

 Mr. Gosar (for himself, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. DesJarlais, Mr. Fleming, 
 Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. Jody B. Hice of Georgia, and Mr. Miller of 
   Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Public Health Service Act to make certain provisions 
relating to health insurance inapplicable in a State that does not have 
an exchange established by the State under section 1311 of the Patient 
                  Protection and Affordable Care Act.

    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 Reduction and Insurance 
Market Reform Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. INAPPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN HEALTH INSURANCE PROVISIONS IN 
              CERTAIN STATES.

    Section 2724 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg-23) 
is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ``subsection (b)'' 
        and inserting ``subsections (b) and (e)''; and
            (2) by adding after subsection (d) the following new 
        subsection--
    ``(e) Exception for Plans in Certain States.--In the case of a 
group health plan, and a health insurance issuer offering group or 
individual health insurance coverage, in a State that does not have an 
exchange established by the State under section 1311 of the Patient 
Protection and Affordable Care Act, the following provisions of this 
title shall not apply:
            ``(1) The limitation on age rating premiums for adults in 
        section 2701(a)(1)(A)(iii).
            ``(2) Section 2707.
            ``(3) Section 2713.''.
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