[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 708 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 708

  To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to change the 
      permissible age variation in health insurance premium rates.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 27, 2017

 Mr. Bucshon introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to change the 
      permissible age variation in health insurance premium rates.

    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 ``State Age Rating Flexibility Act of 
2017''.

SEC. 2. CHANGE IN PERMISSIBLE AGE VARIATION IN HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUM 
              RATES.

    Section 2701(a)(1)(A)(iii) of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 300gg(a)(1)(A)(iii)), as inserted by section 1201(4) of Public 
Law 111-148, is amended by inserting after ``3 to 1 for adults 
(consistent with section 2707(c))'' the following: ``or, for plan years 
beginning on or after January 1, 2018, 5 to 1 for adults (consistent 
with section 2707(c)) or such other ratio for adults (consistent with 
section 2707(c)) as the State involved may provide''.
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