[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 531 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 531

To permit health insurance issuers to offer additional plan options to 
                              individuals.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 23, 2015

 Mr. Flake (for himself and Ms. Ayotte) introduced the following bill; 
     which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
To permit health insurance issuers to offer additional plan options to 
                              individuals.

    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 ``Removing Limitations on Insurance 
Effectiveness and Flexibility Act of 2015'' or the ``ReLIEF Act''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO OFFER ADDITIONAL PLAN OPTIONS.

    (a) Catastrophic Plans.--Notwithstanding title I of the Patient 
Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148), a catastrophic 
plan as described in section 1302(e) of such Act shall be deemed to be 
a qualified health plan (including for purposes of receiving tax 
credits under section 36B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and 
cost-sharing assistance under section 1402 of this Act), except that 
for purposes of enrollment in such plans, the provisions of paragraph 
(2) of such section 1302(e) shall not apply.
    (b) Individual Mandate.--Coverage under a catastrophic plan under 
subsection (a) shall be deemed to be minimum essential coverage for 
purposes of section 5000A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
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