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AMENDMENT NO.
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Calendar No.
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Purpose: To improve the bill.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES—111th Cong., 1st Sess.
H. R. 3590
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the first-time homebuyers credit in the case of members of the Armed Forces and certain other Federal employ-ees, and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on
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and ordered to be printed Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed A
MENDMENT
intended to be proposed by
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to the amendment (No. 2786) proposed by Mr. R
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Viz: On page 2074, strike lines 22 through 25, and insert
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the following:
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(f) E
FFECTIVE
D
ATE
.—The amendments made by
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subsections (a) through (d) of this section shall apply to
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amounts paid or incurred after December 31, 2008, in
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taxable years beginning after such date.
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TITLE X—STRENGTHENING
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QUALITY, AFFORDABLE
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HEALTH CARE FOR ALL
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AMERICANS
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Subtitle A—Provisions Relating to
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Title I
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SEC. 10101. AMENDMENTS TO SUBTITLE A.
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(a) Section 2711 of the Public Health Service Act,
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as added by section 1001(5) of this Act, is amended to
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read as follows:
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‘‘SEC. 2711. NO LIFETIME OR ANNUAL LIMITS.
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‘‘(a) P
ROHIBITION
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‘‘(1) I
N GENERAL
.—A group health plan and a
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health insurance issuer offering group or individual
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health insurance coverage may not establish—
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‘‘(A) lifetime limits on the dollar value of
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benefits for any participant or beneficiary; or
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‘‘(B) except as provided in paragraph (2),
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annual limits on the dollar value of benefits for
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any participant or beneficiary.
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‘‘(2) A
NNUAL LIMITS PRIOR TO 2014
.—With re-
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spect to plan years beginning prior to January 1,
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2014, a group health plan and a health insurance
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issuer offering group or individual health insurance
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coverage may only establish a restricted annual limit
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on the dollar value of benefits for any participant or
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beneficiary with respect to the scope of benefits that
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are essential health benefits under section 1302(b)
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of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,
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as determined by the Secretary. In defining the term
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‘restricted annual limit’ for purposes of the pre-
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ceding sentence, the Secretary shall ensure that ac-
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cess to needed services is made available with a
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minimal impact on premiums.
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‘‘(b) P
ER
B
ENEFICIARY
L
IMITS
.—Subsection (a)
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shall not be construed to prevent a group health plan or
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health insurance coverage from placing annual or lifetime
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per beneficiary limits on specific covered benefits that are
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not essential health benefits under section 1302(b) of the
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Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, to the extent
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that such limits are otherwise permitted under Federal or
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State law.’’.
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(b) Section 2715(a) of the Public Health Service Act,
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as added by section 1001(5) of this Act, is amended by
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striking ‘‘and providing to enrollees’’ and inserting ‘‘and
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providing to applicants, enrollees, and policyholders or cer-
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tificate holders’’.
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(c) Subpart II of part A of title XXVII of the Public
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Health Service Act, as added by section 1001(5), is
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amended by inserting after section 2715, the following:
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