[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4619 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4619

  To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide 
   temporary relief from the annual fee imposed on health insurance 
 providers, to the extent that such fee is due to Puerto Rican health 
                               insurance.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 12, 2017

 Mr. Curbelo of Florida (for himself, Mrs. Murphy of Florida, and Miss 
Gonzalez-Colon of Puerto Rico) 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 the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide 
   temporary relief from the annual fee imposed on health insurance 
 providers, to the extent that such fee is due to Puerto Rican health 
                               insurance.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. TEMPORARY RELIEF FROM ANNUAL FEE ON HEALTH INSURANCE 
              PROVIDERS IN PUERTO RICO.

    (a) In General.--Section 9010 of the Patient Protection and 
Affordable Care Act is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
    ``(k) Temporary Relief for Puerto Rico.--For calendar years 2018 
and 2019, the fee described in subsection (a)(1) for a covered entity 
shall be reduced by the portion of such fee that such entity 
demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury is 
the portion attributable to net premiums written for health insurance 
regulated by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Paragraph (1) of section 9010(b) of the 
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is amended by striking ``the 
fee under this section'' and inserting ``the amount determined under 
this subsection''.
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