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No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2015 [S.582]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Healthcare ]
[Taxes ]
[Insurance ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2015 This bill prohibits federal funds, including funds in the budget of the District of Columbia, from being expended for abortion or health coverage that includes coverage of abortion. Abortions are eligible for federal funding only in cases of rape or incest, or where a physical condition endangers a woman's life unless an abortion is performed. Currently, federal funding of abortion and health coverage that includes abortion is prohibited, with the same exceptions.
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Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 02/26/2015
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ReLIEF Act Removing Limitations on Insurance Effectiveness and Flexibility Act of 2015 [S.531]
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[Insurance ]
ReLIEF Act Removing Limitations on Insurance Effectiveness and Flexibility Act of 2015 This bill deems catastrophic health plans described in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to be qualified health plans that are eligible for premium assistance and fulfill an individual's requirement to maintain minimum essential coverage. Limitations on eligibility for enrollment in catastrophic plans are eliminated.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Flake
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 02/23/2015
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Safeguarding Classrooms Hurt by ObamaCare's Obligatory Levies [S.470]
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[Education ]
[Taxes ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
Safeguarding Classrooms Hurt by ObamaCare's Obligatory Levies Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude any elementary or secondary school, state or local educational agency, and institution of higher education from the definition of "applicable large employer" for purposes of the employer mandate to provide health care coverage for employees. Directs the Secretary of Education to study and report on the impact of the employer health insurance mandate on educational agencies and institutions before and after the enactment of this Act.
Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 02/12/2015
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Small Business Fairness in Health Care Act [S.432]
[Healthcare ]
[Small Business ]
[Insurance ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Taxes ]
Small Business Fairness in Health Care Act Amends the Internal Revenue Code, as amended by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), to: (1) exempt a small business concern, as defined by the Small Business Act, from the PPACA employer mandate to provide employees with minimum essential health care coverage; and (2) redefine "full-time employee," for purposes of such mandate, as an employee who is employed on average at least 40 (currently, 30) hours a week.
Sponsored by: Sen. Rob Portman
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 02/10/2015
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Protecting Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act [S.420]
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[Taxes ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Protecting Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude services rendered by bona-fide volunteers providing firefighting and prevention services, emergency medical services, or ambulance services to a state or local government or a tax-exempt charitable organization from the category of services usually rendered by an employee of an applicable large employer subject to the mandate to provide minimum essential health care coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA),
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Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 02/10/2015
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Stopping Illegal Obamacare Subsidies Act [S.42]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Insurance ]
[Social Security ]
[Public Health ]
Stopping Illegal Obamacare Subsidies Act Prohibits American Health Benefit Exchanges from providing for automatic enrollment in health plans until the Inspector General (IG) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) verifies that each state exchange and the federal exchange established under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) have resolved the inconsistencies outlined in the June 14 IG report. Directs the Secretary of HHS to make public the steps that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the federal
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Sponsored by: Sen. David Vitter
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 01/07/2015
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Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act [S.359]
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[Budget and Spending ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Insurance ]
Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to ensure that payments to plans do not exceed payments to HHS under the risk corridors program (under which a qualified health plan is required to participate in a payment adjustment system based on the ratio of the allowable costs of the plan to the plan's aggregate premiums) for a plan year. HHS must proportionately decrease payments to plans in order to ensure that this requirement is satisfied
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Sponsored by: Sen. Marco Rubio
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 02/04/2015
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EACH Act Equitable Access to Care and Health Act [S.352]
[Healthcare ]
[Religion ]
[Taxes ]
EACH Act Equitable Access to Care and Health Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the religious conscience exemption under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to exempt individuals who rely solely on a religious method of healing and for whom the acceptance of medical health services would be inconsistent with their religious beliefs from the requirement to purchase and maintain minimum essential health care coverage.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan M. Collins
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 02/03/2015
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FAIR Act of 2015 Freeing Americans from Inequitable Requirements Act of 2015 [S.347]
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[Taxes ]
FAIR Act of 2015 Freeing Americans from Inequitable Requirements Act of 2015 Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the individual mandate to purchase health care coverage, to delay such requirement from taking effect until the Secretary of the Treasury submits to Congress a certification that the employer mandate to provide health care coverage for employees is being applied and administered without any administratively created exceptions.
Sponsored by: Sen. Roger F. Wicker
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 02/03/2015
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ObamaCare Repeal Act [S.339]
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[Medicare and Medicaid ]
ObamaCare Repeal Act This bill repeals the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 and restores provisions of law amended by those Acts, effective 180 days after this bill is enacted.
Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley
Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 11. on 02/03/2015
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ObamaCare Repeal Act [S.336]
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[Medicare and Medicaid ]
ObamaCare Repeal Act This bill repeals the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 and restores provisions of law amended by those Acts, effective 180 days after this bill is enacted.
Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 02/02/2015
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American Job Protection Act [S.305]
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[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Insurance ]
[Taxes ]
American Job Protection Act Repeals provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, as added by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, that: (1) impose fines on large employers (employers with 50 or more full-time employees) who fail to offer their full-time employees the opportunity to enroll in minimum essential health insurance coverage, and (2) require large employers to file a report with the Department of the Treasury on health insurance coverage provided to their full-time employees. Applies the Internal Revenue Code as if those provisions
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Sponsored by: Sen. Susan M. Collins
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 01/29/2015
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Small Business Health Relief Act of 2015 [S.254]
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[Small Business ]
[Insurance ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
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Small Business Health Relief Act of 2015 Repeals provisions of the Internal Revenue Code that: (1) impose fines on large employers (those with 50 or more full-time employees) who fail to offer their full-time employees the opportunity to enroll in minimum essential health insurance coverage, and (2) require large employers to file a report with the Department of the Treasury on health insurance coverage provided to their full-time employees. Repeals provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) that: (1) limit the annual deductible
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Sponsored by: Sen. John McCain
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 01/26/2015
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A bill to correct inconsistencies in the definitions relating to Native Americans in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. [S.2114]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Public Health ]
A bill to correct inconsistencies in the definitions relating to Native Americans in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. This bill amends title I (Quality, Affordable Health Care for All Americans) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to add a definition of “Indian.” This definition includes individuals of Indian descent who are members of an Indian community served by the Indian Health Service and individuals considered by the Department of Health and Human Services to be Indian for purposes of eligibility for Indian health
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Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Schatz
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 10/01/2015
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American Liberty Restoration Act [S.203]
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[Taxes ]
American Liberty Restoration Act Repeals provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that require individuals to maintain minimum essential health care coverage. Applies the Internal Revenue Code as if such provisions had never been enacted.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan M. Collins
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 01/21/2015
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Health Care Conscience Rights Act [S.1919]
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[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Public Health ]
[Religion ]
Health Care Conscience Rights Act Amends title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to declare that nothing in that title requires an individual to purchase individual health insurance coverage that includes coverage of an abortion or other item or service to which the individual has a moral or religious objection, or prevent an issuer from offering coverage excluding such item or service to that individual. Denies that title I requires a health plan sponsor or a health insurance issuer to cover an item or service to which the sponsor
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 08/04/2015
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STARS Act Simplifying Technical Aspects Regarding Seasonality Act of 2015 [S.1809]
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[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Taxes ]
STARS Act Simplifying Technical Aspects Regarding Seasonality Act of 2015 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt seasonal employees from the definition of "full-time employee" for purposes of the employer mandate under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide employees with minimum essential health care coverage. Defines "seasonal employee" as an employee who is employed in a position for which the customary annual employment is not more than six months and which requires performing labor or services that are ordinarily performed
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Sponsored by: Sen. Angus S. King
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 07/21/2015
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Equalizing the Playing Field for Agents and Brokers Act [S.1653]
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[Insurance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Equalizing the Playing Field for Agents and Brokers Act Directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a toll-free customer service support help line to enable certified health insurance agents and brokers to seek assistance regarding qualified health plans offered in the federal health insurance marketplace. Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to require HHS to: make available on the federal government website for health insurance coverage a list of all certified agents and brokers; contract with the National
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Sponsored by: Sen. Bill Cassidy
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 06/23/2015
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Employee Health Care Protection Act of 2015 [S.158]
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[Insurance ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Employee Health Care Protection Act of 2015 Permits a health insurance issuer that had in effect health insurance coverage in the group market on any date during 2013 to continue offering that coverage through 2018 outside of a health care exchange established under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Treats that coverage as a grandfathered health plan for purposes of an individual meeting the requirement to maintain minimum essential health coverage.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelley Moore Capito
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 01/13/2015
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No Obamacare Mandate Act [S.157]
[Healthcare ]
[Taxes ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
No Obamacare Mandate Act This bill repeals provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that impose: (1) an excise tax on medical devices, (2) a requirement that individuals obtain minimum essential health care coverage, and (3) a penalty on large employers who fail to offer health care coverage to their eligible employees.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bill Cassidy
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 01/13/2015