[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1246 Introduced in House (IH)]

<DOC>






115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1246

 To exempt health insurance of residents of United States territories 
           from the annual fee on health insurance providers.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 28, 2017

 Mr. Curbelo of Florida (for himself and Ms. Velazquez) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 
 and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period 
    to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
 To exempt health insurance of residents of United States territories 
           from the annual fee on health insurance providers.

    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 ``Territory Health Insurance Tax 
Relief Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. HEALTH INSURANCE OF RESIDENTS OF UNITED STATES TERRITORIES 
              EXEMPT FROM ANNUAL FEE ON HEALTH INSURANCE PROVIDERS.

    (a) In General.--Section 9010(b) of the Patient Protection and 
Affordable Care Act (26 U.S.C. subtitle D front matter note) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(4) Exception for health insurance of residents of united 
        states territories.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Solely for purposes of paragraph 
                (1)(A), the term `United States health risk' shall not 
                include the health risk of any individual who is a bona 
                fide resident of Guam, American Samoa, the Northern 
                Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, or the Virgin Islands (as 
                determined under section 937(a)).
                    ``(B) Exception not to increase fee allocation.--
                The amount determined under paragraph (1)(B) shall be 
                determined without regard to subparagraph (A) of this 
                paragraph.''.
    (b) Reporting.--Section 9010(g)(1) of the Patient Protection and 
Affordable Care Act (26 U.S.C. subtitle D front matter note) is amended 
by inserting ``(and the amount of such net premiums to which subsection 
(b)(4)(A) applies)'' before the period at the end.
    (c) Effective Date.--
            (1) In general.--The amendments made by this section shall 
        apply to calendar years beginning after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act.
            (2) Transitional rule for reporting.--For purposes of 
        applying the amendment made by subsection (a) with respect to 
        the first calendar year beginning after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury (or the 
        Secretary's designee) shall provide a method for covered 
        entities to report the information described in the amendment 
        made by subsection (b) for the calendar year which precedes 
        such first calendar year.
                                 <all>