[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1099 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1099

  To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide 
  States with flexibility in determining the size of employers in the 
                          small group market.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 27, 2015

Mr. Scott (for himself and Mrs. Shaheen) introduced the following bill; 
     which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide 
  States with flexibility in determining the size of employers in the 
                          small group market.

    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'' or the ``PACE Act''.

SEC. 2. SMALL EMPLOYERS IN THE GROUP MARKET.

    (a) In General.--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 employees'' and 
        inserting ``51 employees'';
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``100 employees'' and 
        inserting ``50 employees''; and
            (3) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following:
            ``(3) State option to extend definition of small 
        employer.--Nothing in this subsection shall prevent a State 
        from treating an employer with an average of at least 1 but not 
        more than 100 employees on business days during the preceding 
        calendar year as a small employer for purposes of this 
        title.''.
    (b) Public Health Service Act.--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 employees'' and 
        inserting ``51 employees''; and
            (2) in paragraph (4), by striking ``100 employees'' and 
        inserting ``50 employees''.
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