Rate Protection Act of 2013 - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to extend, from January 1, 2014, to January 1, 2015, the temporary high risk health insurance pool program providing health insurance coverage to uninsured individuals who have a preexisting condition.
Appropriates additional funds to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to pay claims that exceed the amount of premiums collected from the high risk pool's enrollees.
Prohibits individuals who were not enrolled in the high risk health insurance pool program at the close of 2013 from enrolling in the program in 2014, but requires the Secretary to enable individuals to enroll in the federal government's high risk pool program if they are enrolled until the day before a high risk pool that was operated by a state or nonprofit private entity as of December 31, 2013, is terminated in 2014.
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3783 Introduced in House (IH)]
113th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3783
To amend section 1101 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
to extend for one year the high risk health insurance pool program, and
for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 16, 2013
Ms. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
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A BILL
To amend section 1101 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
to extend for one year the high risk health insurance pool program, and
for other purposes.
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 ``Rate Protection Act of 2013''.
SEC. 2. 1-YEAR EXTENSION OF HIGH RISK HEALTH INSURANCE POOL PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--Subsections (a) and (g)(3) of section 1101 of the
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18001) are each
amended by striking ``January 1, 2014'' and inserting ``January 1,
2015''.
(b) Transitional Funding.--Section 1101(g)(1) of the Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act is amended by inserting ``(plus an
additional amount, not to exceed $1,500,000,000)'' after
``$5,000,000,000''.
(c) Transitional Rules for 2014.--Section 1101(g)(3) of the Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act is amended--
(1) in the heading, by inserting ``; transition'' after
``authority''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
``(C) Treatment during 1-year extension period.--In
implementing this section during 2014, the following
rules shall apply:
``(i) No new enrollment.--Except as
provided in clause (ii), eligible individuals
are limited to those individuals who are
enrolled in a qualified high risk pool through
the program under this section as of December
31, 2013.
``(ii) Transition for individuals enrolled
in a non-federally-operated high risk pool that
terminates operations in 2014.--If a qualified
high risk pool under this section is operated
as of December 31, 2013, through a State or
other eligible entity (other than the Federal
Government) and such State or other eligible
entity terminates operations of such pool after
such date, the Secretary shall establish such
procedures as may be necessary to enable
eligible individuals who are enrolled in such
qualified high risk pool as of the day before
the date of the termination to enroll in the
qualified high risk pool operated under this
section by the Federal Government for the
remainder of 2014.''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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