PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT

Bills and resolutions

Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (see S. 62), S98 [25JA] (see H.R. 7), H97 [9JA]

Congress: apply provisions to Members of Congress and congressional staff (see H.R. 127), H102 [9JA]

Dept. of HHS: address health workforce shortages through additional funding for National Health Service Corps and establish National Health Service Corps Emergency Service demonstration project (see S. 862), S826 [16MR]

——— allow participants in National Health Service Corps to defer their obligated service in order to receive training in palliative care services (see S. 2117), S2222 [22JN]

——— establish requirements relative to prescription drug benefits (see S. 1131), S1090 [30MR]

——— exclude individuals in Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program from eligibility for certain health plans, tax credits, cost-sharing reductions, and other tax-payer funded health assistance (see S. 2374), S3147 [19JY] (see H.R. 4727), H3856 [19JY]

——— extend funding for community health centers and National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 2559), H1717 [10AP]

——— extend funding for teaching health centers that operate graduate medical education programs, community health centers, and National Health Service Corps (see S. 2308), S2460 [13JY]

——— streamline enrollment in health insurance affordability programs and minimum essential coverage (see S. 423), S398 [14FE] (see H.R. 1113), H864 [21FE]

Drugs: limit cost-sharing for prescription drugs (see H.R. 6347), H5668 [9NO]

Health: expand eligibility for refundable tax credit for coverage under qualified health plans and improve cost-sharing subsidies under Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (see S. 8), S54 [23JA]

——— improve affordability and reduce premium costs of health insurance for consumers (see H.R. 1692), H1325 [22MR]

Health care facilities: repeal ban on provider-owned hospitals (see H.R. 2860), H1947 [25AP]

Health care professionals: prohibit health plans from imposing fees on health care providers for electronic funds transfers and health care payment and remittance advice transactions (see H.R. 6487), H5936 [28NO]

Immigration: expand access to health care services, including sexual, reproductive, and maternal health services, for immigrants by removing legal and policy barriers to health insurance coverage (see S. 2646), S3755 [27JY] (see H.R. 5008), H4139 [27JY]

Insurance: ensure taxpayer funds for health insurance coverage are available only to authorized individuals (see H.R. 5875), H4985 [3OC]

——— establish and support State-based universal health care systems that provide comprehensive health benefits to State residents (see H.R. 6270), H5543 [7NO]

——— provide exemptions for individual mandate for individuals residing in counties with fewer than 2 health insurance issuers offering plans on exchange (see H.R. 127), H102 [9JA]

——— provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce (see H.R. 77), H100 [9JA]

——— provide for definition of short-term limited duration insurance (see H.R. 76), H100 [9JA]

——— provide for special enrollment period for pregnant women (see S. 3509), S5961 [13DE] (see H.R. 6716), H6814 [11DE]

——— require coverage of hearing devices and systems in certain private health insurance plans (see S. 1135), S1090 [30MR] (see H.R. 2439), H1691 [30MR]

——— require group health plans and group or individual health insurance coverage to provide coverage for over-the-counter contraceptives (see S. 1698), S1743 [18MY] (see H.R. 3589), H2500 [22MY]

——— streamline employer reporting process and strengthen eligibility verification process for premium assistance tax credit and cost-sharing subsidies (see H.R. 1264), H970 [28FE]

IRS: provide alternative manner of furnishing certain health insurance coverage statements to individuals (see S. 3202), S5338 [2NO] (see S. 3227), S5360 [6NO] (see H.R. 3797), H2740 [5JN]

Medicaid: establish Federal program to close coverage gap in States that have not expanded Medicaid and provide for temporary expansion of health insurance premium tax credits for certain low-income populations (see H.R. 3004), H2117 [28AP]

——— express support for States to expand Medicaid under Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to close Medicaid coverage gap (see H. Res. 122), H832 [10FE]

——— recognize congressional intent of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that enhanced Federal medical assistance percentage funds are to be directly shared with counties in States with local share requirement (see H. Res. 170), H915 [27FE]

Members of Congress: ensure that Members and staff receive health care from Dept. of Veterans Affairs instead of Federal Health Benefits Program or health care exchanges (see H.R. 411), H249 [20JA]

Repeal (see H.R. 112), H101 [9JA]

Taxation: extend Health Coverage Tax Credit (see H.R. 2914), H2049 [26AP]

——— permanently extend Health Coverage Tax Credit (see H.R. 3912), H2778 [7JN]

——— repeal excise tax on indoor tanning services (see S. 1937), S2070 [13JN] (see H.R. 936), H824 [9FE]

Remarks in House

Anniversary, H1414 [24MR]

Dept. of HHS: extend funding for community health centers and National Health Service Corps, H4417 [20SE]

Domestic policy: concerns over achievability of American dream, H6138–H6142 [5DE]

Impact, H1332 [23MR]

Insurance: impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, H6141 [5DE]

IRS: provide alternative manner of furnishing certain health insurance coverage statements to individuals (H.R. 3797), H3050, H3051 [21JN], E610 [23JN]

Medicaid: express support for States to expand Medicaid under Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to close Medicaid coverage gap (H. Res. 122), H4442 [21SE]

North Carolina: expand Medicaid, H4274 [13SE]

Repeal, H3008, H3009 [21JN]

Remarks in Senate

Anniversary, S875, S877–S880 [21MR]

Dept. of HHS: address health workforce shortages through additional funding for National Health Service Corps and establish National Health Service Corps Emergency Service demonstration project (S. 862), S1063 [30MR]

Health: expand eligibility for refundable tax credit for coverage under qualified health plans and improve cost-sharing subsidies under Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (S. 8), S189 [1FE]

Insurance: impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, S188 [1FE]

Reports filed

Paperwork Burden Reduction Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 3797) (H. Rept. 118–110), H2883 [13JN]

Texts of

H.R. 3797, Paperwork Burden Reduction Act, H3050 [21JN]

S. 862, Restoring America’s Health Care Workforce and Readiness Act, S831 [16MR]

S. 3202, Paperwork Burden Reduction Act, S5340 [2NO]

S. 3227, Paperwork Burden Reduction Act, S5361 [6NO]