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Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014 [HB-4510]
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Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014 - Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act concerning establishment of minimum leverage and minimum risk-based capital requirements on a consolidated basis for a depository institution holding company or a nonbank financial company supervised by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board). States that federal banking agencies shall not be required to subject any person to such minimum capital requirements, to the extent that such person either: (1)
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Hearings Held By The Subcommittee On Housing And Insurance Prior To Referral. on 05/20/2014
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Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act [HB-4406]
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[Budget and Spending ]
Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, with respect to the program of risk corridors (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), to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to ensure that the amount of payments to plans for a plan year beginning during calendar years 2014 through 2016 does not exceed
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Sponsored by: Rep. Leonard Lance
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 04/11/2014
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Stop Obamacare's Risky Provisions Act [HB-3985]
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[Public Health ]
Stop Obamacare's Risky Provisions Act - Prohibits health insurance issuers and third-party administrators, for any period after December 31, 2014, from being required to make payments under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) for a transitional reinsurance program for the individual health insurance market in each state. Allows payments to issuers, as limited by this Act, only to the extent of available funds. Limits to 2014 the applicability of the program of risk corridors, under which a qualified health plan offered in the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Leonard Lance
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/07/2014
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No Bailouts for Insurance Industry Act of 2014 [HB-3851]
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No Bailouts for Insurance Industry Act of 2014 - Repeals requirements under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act for: (1) a transitional reinsurance program for the individual health insurance market in each state, and (2) a program of risk corridors for calendar years 2014-2016 under which a qualified health plan offered in the individual or small group market shall participate in a payment adjustment system based on the ratio of the allowable costs of the plan to the plan's aggregate premiums. Applies the repeal of the transitional reinsurance
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Sponsored by: Rep. Leonard Lance
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 01/17/2014
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To repeal the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012. [HB-3815]
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[Disaster Relief ]
Repeals the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012, but retains, until September 30, 2017, the financing of the National Flood Insurance Program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tom Marino
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr H56-57, H58, H59, H60, H61-62) on 01/08/2014
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No Bailouts for Insurance Industry Act of 2014 [HB-3812]
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No Bailouts for Insurance Industry Act of 2014 - Repeals requirements under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act for: (1) a transitional reinsurance program for the individual health insurance market in each state, and (2) a program of risk corridors for calendar years 2014-2016 under which a qualified health plan offered in the individual or small group market shall participate in a payment adjustment system based on the ratio of the allowable costs of the plan to the plan's aggregate premiums. Applies the repeal of the transitional reinsurance
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Sponsored by: Rep. Walter Jones
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 01/10/2014
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Union Tax Fairness Act of 2013 [HB-3755]
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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: Rep. Paul Gosar
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 12/13/2013
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21st Century Glass-Steagall Act of 2013 [HB-3711]
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21st Century Glass-Steagall Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to prohibit an insured depository institution from: (1) being or becoming an affiliate of any insurance company, securities entity, or swaps entity; (2) being in common ownership or control with any insurance company, securities entity, or swaps entity; or (3) engaging in any activity that would cause the insured depository institution to qualify as an insurance company, securities entity, or swaps entity. Prohibits any individual who is an officer, director, partner,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law. on 01/27/2014
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To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to clarify policy with respect to collecting reimbursement from third-party payers for medical assistance paid under the Medicaid program, and for other purposes. [HB-3659]
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Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to repeal the requirement that state plans for medical assistance pay for covered prenatal or preventive pediatric care services, or other covered services provided to an individual on whose behalf a state agency is enforcing child support, without regard to a third party's liability for payment for such services, and then seek reimbursement from the third party. Requires a state plan to require any contract with a managed care entity to specify whether the state is: (1) delegating to
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Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Burgess
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 12/06/2013
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Provide for the Common Defense Act of 2013 [HB-3639]
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[Social Security ]
[Agriculture ]
[Pensions ]
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Provide for the Common Defense Act of 2013 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to nullify the presidential sequestration order issued for the revised security category (discretionary appropriations in budget function 050) for FY2014-FY2015 to enforce a specified budget goal. Establishes the discretionary spending limit for the revised security category for each such fiscal year. Amends part B (Supplemental Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA)
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jim Bridenstine
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 12/06/2013
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Patient Centered Healthcare Savings Act of 2013 [HB-3622]
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Patient Centered Healthcare Savings Act of 2013 - Repeals the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and the health care requirements of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, effective as of their enactment. Restores or revives provisions amended or repealed by such Act or such health care requirements. Sets conditions for lawsuits arising from health care liability claims regarding health care goods or services or any medical product affecting interstate commerce. Establishes a statute of limitations and limits
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Duffy
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 01/27/2014
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To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to permit insurers to offer catastrophic coverage plans to anyone, and for other purposes. [HB-3598]
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Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to consider catastrophic health plans to be providing essential health benefits by removing certain enrollment eligibility restrictions (concerning age, certification of exemption from the Internal Revenue Code requirement to maintain minimum essential coverage, and offering of the plan only in the individual market).
Sponsored by: Rep. Jeff Fortenberry
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 11/22/2013
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Consumer Protection and Rate Review Act of 2013 [HB-3504]
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Consumer Protection and Rate Review Act of 2013 - Requires each state insurance commissioner to investigate and take appropriate actions on cases of inadequate notices of cancellations or conversions of health insurance coverage in the individual market that take effect on or after January 1, 2014. Requires that such a notice be treated as inadequate if it fails to: (1) contain information on obtaining health insurance coverage through an American Health Benefit Exchange under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), on the possible
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Sponsored by: Rep. Janice Schakowsky
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 11/22/2013
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Self-Insurance Protection Act [HB-3462]
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Self-Insurance Protection Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the definition of "health insurance coverage" a stop loss policy obtained by a self-insured health plan or a plan sponsor of a group health plan that self-insures the health risks of its plan participants to reimburse the plan or sponsor for losses incurred in providing health or medical benefits to such plan participants in excess of a predetermined level set forth in the
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Valadao
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health, Employment, Labor, And Pensions. on 01/22/2014
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Health Insurance Freedom Act of 2013 [HB-3450]
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Health Insurance Freedom Act of 2013 - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), with respect to the definition of a qualified health plan, to allow a health insurance issuer to offer coverage that: (1) provides the essential health benefits package required of a qualified health plan other than the minimum benefits required under the essential benefits and level of coverage requirements, and (2) meets federal and state benefit requirements as otherwise applied as of October 1, 2013, in the state in which the coverage is offered.
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Roe
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 11/15/2013
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Competitive Health Insurance Act [HB-344]
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Competitive Health Insurance Act - Amends the McCarran-Ferguson Act to provide that nothing in that Act shall modify, impair, or supersede the operation of any of the antitrust laws with respect to the business of health insurance. Applies prohibitions against using unfair methods of competition to the business of health insurance without regard to whether such business is carried on for profit.
Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel Lipinski
Referred To The Subcommittee On Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law. on 02/28/2013
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Medicare Part D Patient Safety and Drug Abuse Prevention Act of 2013 [HB-3392]
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Medicare Part D Patient Safety and Drug Abuse Prevention Act of 2013 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to establish a safe pharmacy access program under which a prescription drug plan (PDP) sponsor (or a Medicare Advantage (MA) organization offering an MA-PD plan) shall have in place procedures designed to prevent fraud and abuse in the dispensing of certain controlled substances under Medicare part D. Allows a PDP sponsor to suspend payments and clean claim
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Sponsored by: Rep. Gus Bilirakis
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 11/01/2013
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To amend section 9010 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to delay the application of the health insurance provider annual fee until 2016 and to provide a process to return to consumers any amounts attributable to the expected application of the annual fee to 2014 or 2015. [HB-3367]
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Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to delay until 2016 the imposition of the annual fee on health insurance providers. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to issue guidance directing covered entities to return any amounts collected from consumers or other sources that were attributed to the annual fee that was scheduled to be imposed for 2014 and 2015.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 11/01/2013
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Reducing Employer Burdens, Unleashing Innovation, and Labor Development Act of 2013 [HB-3355]
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[Energy ]
[Trade ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Healthcare ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
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[Economic Development ]
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Reducing Employer Burdens, Unleashing Innovation, and Labor Development Act of 2013 - Expresses the sense of Congress that increasing the competitiveness of U.S. manufacturers will strengthen the national economy. Title I: Investing in America's Workforce - Investing in America's Workforce Act - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to require state or local workforce investment systems to use youth activities funds allocated to a local area for programs that provide training, which may include priority consideration for training programs
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Sponsored by: Rep. Brett Guthrie
Referred To The Subcommittee On Intelligence, Emerging Threats & Capabilities. on 01/24/2014
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Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2013 [HB-3279]
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[Insurance ]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Public Health ]
Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2013 - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, with respect to abortion coverage in qualified plans offered through a Health Benefit Exchange, to modify the notice rules to require that: in the case of services regarding abortions both for which public funding is prohibited and allowed, the extent of coverage shall be prominently displayed in any marketing or advertising materials, comparison tools, or summary of benefits and coverage explanation made available by the issuer of the plan,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 10/11/2013