Certify It Act of 2014 - Directs the Comptroller General (GAO) to study the impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) on small businesses and the Office of the Actuary, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, to study the Act's impact on small group health insurance costs.
Declares that, if GAO or the Office of the Actuary reports to Congress that PPACA has caused either net employment loss amongst small businesses or small group health insurance costs to rise, certain PPACA assessments that may be imposed on employers for failing to offer their full-time employees (and their dependents) the opportunity to enroll in minimum essential coverage shall not apply for a specified one-year period.
Declares further that, if GAO or the Office fails to submit such a report in accordance with specified timelines, such assessments shall not apply during the following calendar year.
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4728 Introduced in House (IH)]
113th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4728
To direct the Office of the Actuary of the Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services and the Comptroller General of the United States to
study the impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on
small businesses.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 22, 2014
Mr. Fincher (for himself and Mrs. Black) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition
to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce,
the Judiciary, Natural Resources, House Administration, Rules, and
Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall
within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
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A BILL
To direct the Office of the Actuary of the Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services and the Comptroller General of the United States to
study the impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on
small businesses.
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 ``Certify It Act of 2014''.
SEC. 2. STUDY ON IMPACT ON SMALL BUSINESS JOBS.
(a) Study and Report.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this Act, and December 1 for each of the 4
consecutive years thereafter, the Comptroller General of the
United States, shall conduct a study on the impact of the
Affordable Care Act on small businesses, including--
(A) the impact of any increased health insurance
costs resulting from the provisions of such Act on
economic indicators (including jobs lost, hours worked
per employee, and any resulting loss of wages); and
(B) the impact of section 4980H of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to shared responsibility
for employers regarding health coverage) on economic
indicators, including any jobs lost.
(2) Report.--The Comptroller General of the United States,
using data from the Office of the Actuary, Centers for Medicare
& Medicaid Services, under section 3 and economic indicators
data from other Federal agencies, shall submit to the
appropriate committees of Congress a report on the study
conducted under paragraph (1).
(b) Appropriate Committees of Congress.--For purposes of this
section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means the
Committee on Ways and Means, the Committee on Education and the
Workforce, the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and the Small Business
Committee of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance,
the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, and the Small
Business and Entrepreneurship Committee of the Senate.
(c) Definitions.--For purposes of this Act:
(1) Affordable care act.--The term ``Affordable Care Act''
means the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public
Law 111-148) and title I and subtitle B of title II of the
Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Public
Law 111-152).
(2) Small business.--The term ``small business'' means an
employer with 250 or fewer employees.
SEC. 3. STUDY ON IMPACT ON SMALL BUSINESS HEALTH INSURANCE.
(a) Study and Report.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, and December 1 for each of the 4
consecutive years thereafter, the Office of the Actuary,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, shall conduct a study
on the impact of the Affordable Care Act on small group health
insurance costs, including--
(A) the impact of requirements and benefits
pursuant to such Act on the small group health
insurance market, including community rating
requirements, minimum actuarial value requirements,
requirements to provide for essential health benefits
described in section 1302(b) of the Patient Protection
and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18022(b)),
requirements related to cost-sharing, the prohibition
on annual and lifetime limits on benefits under section
2711 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg-
11), prohibitions on cost-sharing requirements for
preventive services, and the extension of dependent
coverage under section 2714 of the Public Health
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg-14); and
(B) the impact of new taxes and fees on the small
group health insurance market costs, including the fee
imposed under section 9010 of the Patient Protection
and Affordable Care Act (relating to imposition of
annual fee on health insurance providers), the
transitional reinsurance program contributions, the
fees imposed under subchapter B of chapter 34 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to the Patient
Centered Outcome Research Institute fees), and Exchange
assessments or user fees.
(2) Report.--The Office of the Actuary, Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services, in consultation with the
Comptroller General for purposes of verifying the methodology,
assumptions, validity, and reasonableness of the data used by
the Actuary, shall submit to the appropriate committees of
Congress a report on the study conducted under paragraph (1).
(b) Appropriate Committees of Congress.--For purposes of this
section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means the
Committee on Ways and Means, the Committee on Education and the
Workforce, the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and the Small Business
Committee of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance,
the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, and the Small
Business and Entrepreneurship Committee of the Senate.
SEC. 4. ONE-YEAR DELAY FOR EMPLOYER MANDATE IN CASE OF NEGATIVE IMPACT
ON SMALL BUSINESS.
(a) In General.--If the Comptroller General of the United States or
the Office of the Actuary, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services,
determines in any report submitted under section 2 or 3 that the
Affordable Care Act has caused net employment loss amongst small
businesses or caused small group health insurance costs to rise,
section 4980H of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall not apply for
months beginning during the 1-year period beginning on the date of the
submission of such report.
(b) Failure To Submit.--If the Comptroller General of the United
States or the Office of the Actuary, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services, fails to submit a report in accordance with the timelines
specified in this Act, section 4980H of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 shall not apply the following calendar year.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E818-819)
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce, the Judiciary, Natural Resources, House Administration, Rules, and Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce, the Judiciary, Natural Resources, House Administration, Rules, and Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce, the Judiciary, Natural Resources, House Administration, Rules, and Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce, the Judiciary, Natural Resources, House Administration, Rules, and Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce, the Judiciary, Natural Resources, House Administration, Rules, and Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce, the Judiciary, Natural Resources, House Administration, Rules, and Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce, the Judiciary, Natural Resources, House Administration, Rules, and Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce, the Judiciary, Natural Resources, House Administration, Rules, and Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.