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12 ACT.
13 Part A of title XXVII of the Public Health Service
14 Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg et seq.) is amended—
15 (1) by striking the part heading and inserting
16 the following:
17 "PART A—INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP MARKET
18 REFORMS";
19 (2) in section 2701 (42 U.S.C. 300gg)—
20 (A) by striking the section heading and
21 subsections (a) and inserting the following:
2
COVERAGE.
CARE
21 COVERAGE.
15 ACT.
21 SALARY.
PRO-
9 VISIONS.
22 VISIONS.
SO
23 BENEFIT CHOICES.
2 CANS.
15 PLANS.
1 "(h) CHOICE.—
2 "(1) QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS.—A qualified in-
3 dividual may enroll in any qualified health plan
4 available to such individual.
5 "(2) QUALIFIED EMPLOYERS..—A qualified em-
6 ployer may choose to offer to employees any quali-
7 fied health plan.
8 "(3) SELF-EMPLOYED INDIVIDUALS.—
9 "(A) DEEMING.—An individual who is self-
10 employed (as defined for purposes of the Inter-
11 nal Revenue Code of 1986) shall be deemed to
12 be a qualified employer unless such individual
13 notifies the applicable Gateway that such indi-
14 vidual elects to be considered a qualified indi-
15 vidual.
16 "(B) ELIGIBILITY.—In the case of a self-
17 employed individual making the election de-
18 scribed in subparagraph (A)—
19 "(i) the income of such individual for
20 purposes of section 3111 shall be deemed
21 to be the total business income of such in-
22 dividual as described in [IRC definition to
23 be supplied]; and
24 "(ii) premium payments made by such
25 individual to a qualified health plan shall
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1 "(A) shall—
2 "(i) exclude from meeting such cri-
3 teria any coverage that—
4 "(I) provides reimbursement for
5 the treatment or mitigation of—
6 "(aa) a single disease or
7 condition; or
8 "(bb) an unreasonably lim-
9 ited set of diseases or conditions;
10 or
11 "(II) has an out of pocket limit
12 that exceeds the amount described in
13 section 223 of the Internal Revenue
14 Code of 1986 for the year involved;
15 and
16 "(ii) establish such criteria (taking
17 into account the requirements established
18 under clause (i)) in a manner that results
19 in the least practicable disruption of the
20 health care marketplace, consistent with
21 the goals and activities under this title;
22 and
23 "(B) may provide for the application of
24 different criteria with respect to young adults.
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18 [To be supplied]
19 Subtitle C—Affordable Coverage
20 for All Americans
21 SEC. 151. SUPPORT FOR AFFORDABLE HEALTH COVERAGE.
COV-
4 ERAGE.
10 COME VERIFICATION.—
21 (a) PAYMENTS.—
22 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter A of chapter 1
23 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to
24 determination of tax liability) is amended by adding
25 at the end the following new part:
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4 "(a) PAYMENT.—
5 "(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any indi-
6 vidual who did not have in effect qualifying coverage
7 (as defined in section 31 _____ of the Public Health
8 Service Act) for any month during the taxable year,
9 there is hereby imposed for the taxable year, in addi-
10 tion to any other amount imposed by this subtitle,
11 an amount equal to the amount established under
12 paragraph (2).
13 "(2) AMOUNT ESTABLISHED.—
14 "(A) REQUIREMENT TO ESTABLISH.—Not
15 later than [date] of each calendar year, the Sec-
16 retary, in consultation with the Secretary of
17 Health and Human Services and with the
18 States, shall establish an amount for purposes
19 of paragraph (1).
20 "(B) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amount es-
21 tablished under subparagraph (A) shall be ef-
22 fective with respect to the taxable year following
23 the date on which the amount under subpara-
24 graph (A) is established.
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17 ERAGE.
1 "(2) contains—
2 "(A) the name, address, and taxpayer
3 identification number of each individual who is
4 covered under health insurance that is quali-
5 fying coverage provided by such person, and
6 "(B) the number of months during the cal-
7 endar year during which each such individual
8 was covered under such health insurance, and
9 "(3) such other information as the Secretary
10 may prescribe.
11 "(c) STATEMENTS TO BE FURNISHED TO INDIVID-
12 UALS WITH RESPECT TO WHOM INFORMATION IS RE-
13 PORTED.—
13 "(a) IN GENERAL.—
14 "(1) STANDARDS AND PROTOCOLS.—Not later
15 than [TBD], the Secretary, in consultation with the
16 HIT Policy Committee and the HIT Standards
17 Committee, shall develop interoperable and secure
18 standards and protocols that facilitate enrollment of
19 individuals in Federal and State health and human
20 services programs, as determined by the Secretary.
21 "(2) METHODS.—The Secretary shall facilitate
22 enrollment in such programs through methods deter-
23 mined appropriate by the Secretary, which shall in-
24 clude providing [individuals and third parties au-
25 thorized by such individuals [Is this what you mean
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16 SUPPORT.
16 LAPSE.—
12 MENTS.
3 ICES.—
5 RETAINED BY BENEFICIARY.—If a
12 SENATE.—
10 WAGES.
8 CAFETERIA PLANS.