117 HR 145 IH: Continuing Coverage for Preexisting Conditions Act of 2021 U.S. House of Representatives 2021-01-04 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I117th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 145IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESJanuary 4, 2021Mr. Joyce of Ohio (for himself and Mr. Gonzalez of Ohio) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and CommerceA BILLTo amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to ensure that preexisting condition exclusions with respect to enrollment in health insurance coverage and group health plans continue to be prohibited.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Continuing Coverage for Preexisting Conditions Act of 2021.

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Ensuring the prohibition of preexisting condition exclusions with respect to enrollment in health insurance coverage and group health plans

Part I of subtitle F of title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18091 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following section:

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Severability

If subsection (a) of section 5000A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as added by section 1501(b), is to any extent illegal, unconstitutional, otherwise invalid, or incapable of being enforced, the validity and enforceability of sections 2701 through 2705 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg through 300gg–4), as added by section 1201, shall not be affected. Nothing in the previous sentence shall be construed to affect the severability of any provision of this Act that is not specified in the previous sentence.

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