[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1201 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1201

  To allow individuals living in areas without qualified health plans 
offered through an Exchange to have similar access to health insurance 
        coverage as Members of Congress and congressional staff.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 22, 2017

Mrs. McCaskill introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
  To allow individuals living in areas without qualified health plans 
offered through an Exchange to have similar access to health insurance 
        coverage as Members of Congress and congressional staff.

    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 Care Options for All Act''.

SEC. 2. ACCESS TO COVERAGE FOR INDIVIDUALS IN AREAS WITHOUT ANY 
              AVAILABLE EXCHANGE PLANS.

    Part 2 of subtitle D of title I of the Patient Protection and 
Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18031 et seq.) is amended by adding at 
the end the following:

``SEC. 1314. ACCESS TO COVERAGE FOR INDIVIDUALS IN AREAS WITHOUT ANY 
              AVAILABLE EXCHANGE PLANS.

    ``(a) In General.--
            ``(1) Coverage through dc shop exchange.--Not later than 3 
        months after the date of enactment of this section, the 
        Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury 
        and the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, shall 
        establish a mechanism to ensure that, for any plan year 
        beginning on or after the date described in subsection (c), any 
        individual described in paragraph (2) may enroll in health 
        insurance coverage in the small group market through the 
        Exchange operating in the District of Columbia, including the 
        health insurance coverage that is available to Members of 
        Congress and congressional staff (as defined in section 
        1312(d)(3)(D)).
            ``(2) Individual described.--An individual described in 
        this paragraph is any individual who--
                    ``(A) is eligible to purchase health insurance 
                coverage through the Exchange operating in the State of 
                residence of the individual; and
                    ``(B) resides in a rating area or county in which 
                the Secretary certifies that no qualified health plan 
                is offered through an Exchange established under this 
                title.
    ``(b) Premium Assistance Tax Credits and Cost-Sharing.--Any 
individual described in subsection (a)(2) who enrolls in health 
insurance coverage through the Exchange operating in the District of 
Columbia pursuant to subsection (a)(1) shall be eligible for any 
premium tax credit under section 36B of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986, or reduced cost-sharing under section 1402, that the individual 
would otherwise be eligible for if enrolling in health insurance 
coverage in the individual market through the Exchange operating in the 
State of the individual.
    ``(c) Date Described.--The date described in this subsection is the 
date on which the Secretary establishes the mechanism under subsection 
(a)(1).''.
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