[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3315 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3315

To amend section 9010 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 
    to exclude limited scope vision insurance coverage from health 
insurance coverage subject to the health insurance provider annual fee.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 19, 2017

 Mr. Renacci (for himself and Mr. Bera) 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

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend section 9010 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 
    to exclude limited scope vision insurance coverage from health 
insurance coverage subject to the health insurance provider annual fee.

    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 Consumer Access to Vision 
Care Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. EXCLUDING LIMITED SCOPE VISION INSURANCE COVERAGE FROM HEALTH 
              INSURANCE SUBJECT TO PPACA HEALTH INSURANCE PROVIDER 
              ANNUAL FEE.

    (a) In General.--Section 9010(h)(3)(A) of the Patient Protection 
and Affordable Care Act (26 U.S.C. 4001 note) is amended by inserting 
``or any insurance coverage for vision benefits described in paragraph 
(2)(A) of such section'' after ``section 9832(c) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to calendar years beginning after December 31, 2017.
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