[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5960 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5960

To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to make publicly 
available, through 2021, the amount of premium rate increases of health 
  insurance plans in advance of such increases taking effect, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 8, 2016

Mrs. Ellmers of North Carolina 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 make publicly 
available, through 2021, the amount of premium rate increases of health 
  insurance plans in advance of such increases taking effect, and for 
                            other purposes.

    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 ``The Consumer Healthcare Insurance 
Transparency Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. MAKING PUBLICLY AVAILABLE THROUGH 2021 PREMIUM RATE INCREASES 
              FOR HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS IN ADVANCE.

    Section 2709 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg-9) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(c) Advanced Public Disclosure of Premium Amounts Through 2021.--
            ``(1) Report.--For 2017 through 2021, not later than the 
        date specified in paragraph (4), the Secretary shall publish on 
        the Internet website of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 
        Services the information described in paragraph (2) with 
        respect to health insurance coverage described in such 
        paragraph that is offered for such year.
            ``(2) Information described.--The information described in 
        this paragraph is, with respect to group or individual health 
        insurance coverage that a group health plan or health insurance 
        issuer offers to a small employer or an individual for a year, 
        such information as the Secretary may have obtained by the date 
        specified in paragraph (4) regarding any changes in the premium 
        rates available under such coverage for such year (as compared 
        to the prior year).
            ``(3) No new authority to require information.--Nothing in 
        this subsection may be construed to provide the Secretary with 
        new authority to require a group health plan or health 
        insurance issuer to submit information to the Secretary.
            ``(4) Date specified.--The date specified in this 
        paragraph, with respect to a year, is November 1 of the prior 
        year.''.
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