To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to expedite the application of the provision prohibiting rescissions of health insurance coverage.

Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to make the prohibition against health plans rescinding coverage of an enrollee effective on the day of enactment of PPACA.

Requires a health plan that rescinded the coverage of an enrollee during the period beginning on March 23, 2010, and ending on the date of enactment of this Act to reinstate such enrollee in the plan or coverage and treat claims for services furnished to such enrollee during such period as if such rescission had not occurred. Exempts the plan or issuer from any penalty for any violation occurring during such period.

[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5761 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5761

To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to expedite the 
    application of the provision prohibiting rescissions of health 
                          insurance coverage.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 15, 2010

 Mr. Melancon introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to expedite the 
    application of the provision prohibiting rescissions of health 
                          insurance coverage.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. EXPEDITING APPLICATION OF THE PROHIBITION ON RESCISSIONS OF 
              HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE UNDER PPACA.

    Section 1004(b) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 
(Public Law 111-148) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Rule.--The amendments'' and inserting 
        ``Rule.
            ``(1) In general.--The amendments''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(2) Rule for rescissions.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Section 2712 of the Public 
                Health Service Act, as inserted by section 1001(5), 
                shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act.
                    ``(B) Application during interim period.--In the 
                case a group health plan or health insurance issuer 
                offering group or individual health insurance coverage 
                rescinds such plan or coverage with respect to an 
                enrollee, in violation of such section 2712 of the 
                Public Health Service Act, during the period beginning 
                on March 23, 2010, and ending on the date of the 
                enactment of this paragraph--
                            ``(i) the plan or issuer shall reinstate 
                        such enrollee in the plan or coverage and 
                        claims for services furnished to such enrollee 
                        during such period may be submitted to the plan 
                        or issuer for reimbursement and treated as if 
                        such rescission had not occurred; and
                            ``(ii) the plan or issuer shall not be 
                        subject to any penalty for any such violation 
                        occurring during such period.''.
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