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Standard of Care Protection Act [S.1769]
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[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
Standard of Care Protection Act - Provides that the development, recognition, or implementation of any guideline or other standard under any provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the health care-related parts of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, or titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act shall not be construed to establish the standard or duty of care owed by a health care provider to a patient in any medical malpractice or medical product liability action or claim. Prohibits
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Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas R. Carper
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 11/21/2013
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Expanded Consumer Choice Act [S.1729]
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[Consumer Protection ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
Expanded Consumer Choice Act - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide a new "copper" level of coverage under qualified health plans, designed to provide benefits that are actuarially equivalent to 50% of the full actuarial value of the benefits provided under the plan. Requires cost-sharing under such a plan to exceed the amount applicable to a plan at the bronze level. Requires the Secretary of Health Human Services (HHS) to promulgate regulations providing for annual limits on deductibles and cost-sharing for copper-level
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Sponsored by: Sen. Angus S. King
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 11/19/2013
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Obamacare Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act [S.1726]
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[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Insurance ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Obamacare Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act - Repeals the provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish and administer a program of risk corridors for calendar years 2014, 2015, and 2016 under which a qualified health plan offered in the individual or small group market 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.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 11/19/2013
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Union Tax Fairness Act of 2013 [S.1724]
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[Taxes ]
[Insurance ]
Union Tax Fairness Act of 2013 - Requires that the payments to an applicable reinsurance entity for any plan year beginning in the three-year period beginning January 1, 2014, required under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act be applied equally to all health insurance issuers and third party administrators (on behalf of group health plans). Prohibits such payments from being waived on behalf of any such issuer, administrator, or group health plan.
Sponsored by: Sen. Lamar Alexander
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S8189-8190) on 11/19/2013
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No Obamacare Kickbacks Act of 2013 [S.1723]
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[Public Health ]
[Criminal Justice ]
No Obamacare Kickbacks Act of 2013 - Amends title XI of the Social Security Act, with respect to criminal penalties for acts involving federal health care programs, to include any plan or program established or funded under subtitles D (Available Coverage Choices for All Americans) or E (Affordable Coverage Choices for All Americans) of title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Directs the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Comptroller General (GAO) to jointly study, and report to Congress
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Sponsored by: Sen. David Vitter
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 11/19/2013
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State Health Care Choice Act [S.1711]
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State Health Care Choice Act - Authorizes a state to limit the application of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) with respect to health insurance coverage within that state by enacting a law that: (1) expresses the intent of the state to opt out of one or more of the provisions of PPACA, (2) contains a list of the provisions that will not apply to the state, and (3) either expresses the state's intent to continue to administer health coverage-related laws as in effect in the state on March 23, 2010, or provides for the implementation
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Sponsored by: Sen. Lindsey Graham
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 11/14/2013
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Continuous Coverage Act [S.1699]
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Continuous Coverage Act - Provides that, notwithstanding any provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) or the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010: a health insurance issuer shall offer an individual the opportunity to renew enrollment in coverage offered in the individual market if the individual was enrolled in such coverage on September 30, 2013, and continues to meet the requirements of eligibility for such coverage; an individual may renew enrollment in such coverage for plan years through December
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jeanne Shaheen
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 11/13/2013
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ACA Enrollment Extension Act [S.1693]
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ACA Enrollment Extension Act - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to revise the initial open enrollment period provided by a health care exchange so that the period closes on a date that is the later of: (1) May 31, 2014, or (2) a later date determined by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) after considering the progress made on improving the functionality of the federally-facilitated health insurance marketplace and related factors. Provides similar terms for initial or special enrollment periods applicable to other
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Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 11/13/2013
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A bill to delay the implementation of the individual health coverage mandate under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. [S.1671]
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Amends the Internal Revenue Code, as amended by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, to delay until 2015 the requirement that individuals maintain minimal essential health care coverage.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joe Manchin
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 11/07/2013
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Healthcare Privacy and Anti-Fraud Act [S.1666]
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[Data Privacy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
[Insurance ]
[Crime ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Healthcare Privacy and Anti-Fraud Act - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to issue guidance (including concerning liability) to protect the privacy of individually identifiable information submitted to, or accessed by, health care exchange navigators. Requires entities receiving grants under the navigator program to ensure that their employees undergo background checks, take an oath not to disclose individually identifiable information, and meet educational and licensure
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Flake
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 11/07/2013
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Keeping the Affordable Care Act Promise Act [S.1642]
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Keeping the Affordable Care Act Promise Act - Permits individuals to continue their individual health insurance coverage in which they are enrolled on December 31, 2013, if they meet requirements applied to such coverage, unless the health insurance issuer cancels all coverage offered in the individual market and ceases operations as a health insurance issuer. Deems such coverage: (1) as a grandfathered health plan under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), and (2) to be minimum essential health coverage. Amends PPACA to require
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Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S7797-7798) on 11/04/2013
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Show Your Exemption Act [S.1629]
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Show Your Exemption Act - Requires the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives and the Financial Clerk of the Senate to make publicly available the determinations of each Member of the House of Representatives and each Senator regarding the designation of their congressional staff (including leadership and committee staff) as "official" for purposes of requiring such staff to enroll in health insurance coverage provided through a health benefit exchange as required under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Requires
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Sponsored by: Sen. David Vitter
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 10/31/2013
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If You Like Your Health Plan, You Can Keep it Act [S.1617]
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If You Like Your Health Plan, You Can Keep it Act - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to prohibit anything in the Act from being construed to require an individual to terminate coverage under a group health plan or health insurance coverage in which the individual was enrolled during any part of the period beginning on the date of enactment of PPACA (March 23, 2010) and ending on December 31, 2013. Allows: (1) continuation of coverage under a group health plan or health insurance in which an individual was enrolled during
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Sponsored by: Sen. Susan M. Collins
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S7675-7677) on 10/30/2013
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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.1575]
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[Native American Affairs ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to define an "Indian" for purposes of title I (Quality, Affordable Health Care for All Americans) of that Act. Includes within that definition an individual who is: a member of a federally-recognized Indian tribe; an Eskimo, Aleut, or other Alaska Native; considered by the Secretary of the Interior to be an Indian for any purpose, including eligibility for Indian health care services; a member of a tribe, band, or other organized group of Indians or who is a descendant, in the first or second
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Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Schatz
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 10/16/2013
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Preventing the Offering of Elective Coverage of Taxpayer-Funded-Abortion Act of 2013 [S.154]
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[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
Preventing the Offering of Elective Coverage of Taxpayer-Funded-Abortion Act of 2013 or PROTECT Act - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to require the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), in entering into contracts with health insurance issuers, to ensure that no multi-state qualified health plan offered in a health benefit exchange provides coverage of abortion. Excepts from such limitation: (1) a pregnancy that results from rape or incest; or (2) a case where a woman suffers from a physical disorder, injury,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 01/24/2013
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PIN Act [S.1525]
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[Data Privacy ]
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Trust But Verify Act or the PIN Act - Prohibits an American Health Benefit Exchange (established under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) from offering health insurance coverage through the Exchange until the Comptroller General (GAO) certifies to Congress that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and any related federal agencies involved in the administration of such Exchanges, have implemented all appropriate actions necessary to safeguard the personal health and financial information of enrollees and to protect against
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Sponsored by: Sen. Susan M. Collins
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 09/18/2013
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A bill to delay the application of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. [S.1490]
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[Taxes ]
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Delays for one year the effective date of any provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or of any health care provisions of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2011 that were scheduled to take effect on or after January 1, 2014. Suspends for one year, beginning January 1, 2014, any tax or tax increase imposed by such provisions if the tax or increase takes effect before that date.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Flake
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 09/10/2013
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A bill to delay the application of the individual health insurance mandate, to delay the application of the employer health insurance mandate, and for other purposes. [S.1488]
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Fairness for American Families Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, as amended by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), to delay until 2015 the requirement that individuals maintain minimal essential health care coverage. Authority for Mandate Delay Act - Amends PPACA to delay until 2015 enforcement of requirements that large employers offer their full-time employees the opportunity to enroll in minimum essential coverage. Delays the effective date of related reporting requirements for such employers and for providers of minimum
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Sponsored by: Sen. Susan M. Collins
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 09/09/2013
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Defund Obamacare Act of 2013 [S.1292]
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[Medicare and Medicaid ]
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Defund Obamacare Act of 2013 - Prohibits any federal funds from being made available to carry out the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or the health care provisions of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. Prohibits any entitlement to benefits under such provisions from remaining in effect on and after the date of the enactment of this Act. Prohibits any payments from being awarded, owed, or made to any state, district, or territory under any such provision. Rescinds any unobligated balances available
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Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley
Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 135. on 07/16/2013
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Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 [S.1284]
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[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Education ]
[Human Services ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
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Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 - Makes appropriations for the Departments of Labor, of Health and Human Services (HHS), and of Education, and related agencies for FY2014. Title I: Department of Labor - Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2014 - Makes appropriations for FY2014 to the Department of Labor for: (1) the Employment and Training Administration, including training and employment services; (2) the Office of the Job Corps; (3) community service employment for
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Sponsored by: Sen. Tom Harkin
Committee On Appropriations. Ordered To Be Reported Without Amendment Favorably. on 07/11/2013