[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 710 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 710

To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to better align 
     the grace period required for non-payment of premiums before 
  discontinuing coverage under qualified health plans with such grace 
                 periods provided for under State law.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 27, 2017

  Mr. Flores introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to better align 
     the grace period required for non-payment of premiums before 
  discontinuing coverage under qualified health plans with such grace 
                 periods provided for under State law.

    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 ``Health Coverage State Flexibility 
Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. ALIGNING QUALIFIED HEALTH PLAN GRACE PERIOD REQUIREMENTS WITH 
              STATE LAW GRACE PERIOD REQUIREMENTS.

    Section 1412(c)(2) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care 
Act (42 U.S.C. 18082(c)(2)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B)(iv)(II), by striking ``a 3-month 
        grace period'' and inserting ``a grace period specified in 
        subparagraph (C)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(C) Grace period specified.--For purposes of 
                subparagraph (B)(iv)(II), the grace period specified in 
                this subparagraph is--
                            ``(i) for plan years beginning before 
                        January 1, 2018, a 3-month grace period; and
                            ``(ii) for plan years beginning during 2018 
                        or a subsequent year, such grace period for 
                        non-payment of premiums before discontinuing 
                        coverage as is applicable under the State law 
                        of the State in which the Exchange operates to 
                        health insurance coverage offered in the 
                        individual market (or, in the case such a State 
                        law is not in place for the State involved, a 
                        1-month grace period).''.
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