Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2013

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, by an Exchange, or by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), including information made available through an Internet portal or Exchange; and
• in the case of abortions for which public funding is prohibited and where the premium for the plan is disclosed, the surcharge attributable to such services, consisting of an amount equal to the actuarial value of the coverage, shall be disclosed and identified separately.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3279 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3279

To amend section 1303(b)(3) of Public Law 111-148 concerning the notice 
 requirements regarding the extent of health plan coverage of abortion 
                    and abortion premium surcharges.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 9, 2013

 Mr. Smith of New Jersey (for himself, Mrs. Black, Mr. Lipinski, Mrs. 
Hartzler, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mrs. Blackburn, Mrs. Wagner, Ms. Foxx, 
 Mrs. Bachmann, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Roe of Tennessee, Mr. Wolf, Mr. 
 Salmon, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Jones, Mr. Conaway, Mr. 
   Duncan of South Carolina, Mr. Griffin of Arkansas, Mr. Terry, Mr. 
  Huelskamp, Mr. Boustany, Mr. Massie, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
Bentivolio, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Kingston, Mr. Culberson, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. 
  Olson, Mr. Fleming, Mr. Cole, Mr. Rothfus, Mr. Brady of Texas, Mr. 
Walberg, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. Long, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Bridenstine, Mr. 
Harper, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Roskam, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Rokita, 
Mr. Nunnelee, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Poe of Texas, Mr. Rogers of Kentucky, Mr. 
   Fortenberry, Mr. Latta, Mr. Pearce, Mr. Huizenga of Michigan, Mr. 
Harris, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. Radel, Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. Benishek, 
   Mr. Womack, Mr. Duncan of Tennessee, Mr. Gowdy, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. 
  Hultgren, Mr. Hall, Mr. Pittenger, Mr. Fincher, Mr. Rodney Davis of 
Illinois, Mr. Wenstrup, Mr. Fleischmann, Mr. Marchant, and Mr. Johnson 
   of Ohio) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend section 1303(b)(3) of Public Law 111-148 concerning the notice 
 requirements regarding the extent of health plan coverage of abortion 
                    and abortion premium surcharges.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure 
Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. REVISION OF NOTICE REQUIREMENTS REGARDING DISCLOSURE OF EXTENT 
              OF HEALTH PLAN COVERAGE OF ABORTION AND ABORTION PREMIUM 
              SURCHARGES.

    (a) In General.--Paragraph (3) of section 1303(b) of Public Law 
111-148 (42 U.S.C. 18023(b)) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(3) Rules relating to notice.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The extent of coverage (if any) 
                of services described in paragraph (1)(B)(i) or 
                (1)(B)(ii) by a qualified health plan shall be 
                disclosed to enrollees at the time of enrollment in the 
                plan and shall be prominently displayed in any 
                marketing or advertising materials, comparison tools, 
                or summary of benefits and coverage explanation made 
                available with respect to such plan by the issuer of 
                the plan, by an Exchange, or by the Secretary, 
                including information made available through an 
                Internet portal or Exchange under sections 1311(c)(5) 
                and 1311(d)(4)(C).
                    ``(B) Separate disclosure of abortion surcharges.--
                In the case of a qualified health plan that includes 
                the services described in paragraph (1)(B)(i) and where 
                the premium for the plan is disclosed, including in any 
                marketing or advertising materials or any other 
                information referred to in subparagraph (A), the 
                surcharge described in paragraph (2)(B)(i)(II) that is 
                attributable to such services shall also be disclosed 
                and identified separately.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to materials, tools, or other information made available more 
than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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