[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6135 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6135

  To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to require 
Exchanges to establish network adequacy standards for qualified health 
                                 plans.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 9, 2020

Ms. Schakowsky introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to require 
Exchanges to establish network adequacy standards for qualified health 
                                 plans.

    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 ``No More Narrow Networks Act of 
2020''.

SEC. 2. REQUIRING EXCHANGES TO ESTABLISH NETWORK ADEQUACY STANDARDS FOR 
              QUALIFIED HEALTH PLANS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1311(d) of the Patient Protection and 
Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18031(d)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new paragraph:
            ``(8) Network adequacy standards.--
                    ``(A) Certain exchanges.--In the case of an 
                Exchange operated by the Secretary pursuant section 
                1321(c)(1) or an Exchange described in section 
                155.200(f) of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations (or 
                a successor regulation), the Exchange shall require 
                each qualified health plan offered through such 
                Exchange to meet such quantitative network adequacy 
                standards as the Secretary may prescribe for purposes 
                of this subparagraph.
                    ``(B) State exchanges.--In the case of an Exchange 
                not described in subparagraph (A), the Exchange shall 
                establish quantitative network adequacy standards with 
                respect to qualified health plans offered through such 
                Exchange and require such plans to meet such standards.
                    ``(C) Preemption.--Nothing in subparagraph (A) 
                shall be construed to preempt any State law to the 
                extent that such law provides for network adequacy 
                standards applicable to a qualified health plan offered 
                through an Exchange described in such subparagraph that 
                are greater than such standards prescribed pursuant to 
                such subparagraph.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply 
with respect to plan years beginning on or after January 1, 2021.
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