Securing Health Care for Young Americans Act of 2014 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to maintain, upon repeal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the health care provisions of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, the requirement that health insurers provide coverage to dependents over 18 years of age until the dependent turns 26, marries, or no longer resides at home.
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5384 Introduced in House (IH)]
113th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5384
To amend the Public Health Service Act to extend health plan coverage
to dependent children in the individual and group market, contingent on
the enactment of legislation repealing the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 31, 2014
Mr. Valadao (for himself, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Pearce, and Mr. Coffman)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Energy and Commerce
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A BILL
To amend the Public Health Service Act to extend health plan coverage
to dependent children in the individual and group market, contingent on
the enactment of legislation repealing the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act, 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 ``Securing Health Care for Young
Americans Act of 2014''.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF DEPENDENT COVERAGE.
(a) Group Market.--
(1) In general.--Subpart 1 of part A of title XXVII of the
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg et seq.) is amended
by adding at the end:
``SEC. 2703A. EXTENSION OF DEPENDENT COVERAGE.
``(a) In General.--A group health plan and a health insurance
issuer offering group health insurance coverage that provides dependent
coverage of children shall continue to make such coverage available for
such a dependent after such dependent turns 18 years of age until the
first of the following events occurs:
``(1) The dependent turns 26 years of age.
``(2) The dependent marries.
``(3) Subject to subsection (c), the dependent no longer
resides in the home of--
``(A) the policy holder through which such
dependent is eligible for dependent coverage; or
``(B) in the case that the policy holder through
which such dependent is eligible for dependent coverage
provides such coverage subject to an order to provide
child support, the dependent's parent or legal
guardian.
``(b) Exception for College Students.--Paragraph (3) of subsection
(a) shall not apply to a dependent for any period of time during which
such dependent is enrolled as a full-time student at a postsecondary
educational institution (including an institution of higher education
as defined in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965).
``(c) Limitation.--Nothing in this section shall require a plan or
an issuer described in subsection (a) to make coverage available for a
child of an individual receiving dependent coverage pursuant to this
section.
``(d) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be
construed to modify the definition of `dependent' as used in the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 with respect to the tax treatment of the
cost of coverage.''.
(2) Regulations.--The Secretary shall promulgate
regulations to define the dependents to which coverage shall be
made available under section 2703A of the Public Health Service
Act, as added by paragraph (1).
(b) Individual Market.--Subpart 1 of part B of title XXVII of the
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg-41 et seq.) is amended by
adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 2748. EXTENSION OF DEPENDENT COVERAGE.
``The provisions of section 2703A shall apply to health insurance
coverage offered to individuals by a health insurance issuer in the
individual market in the same manner as it applies to health insurance
coverage offered by a health insurance issuer in the group market.''.
(c) Effective Date Contingent on Repeal of PPACA.--
(1) In general.--Subsections (a) and (b) and the amendments
made by such subsections shall take effect upon the enactment
of PPACA repeal legislation described in paragraph (2) and such
subsections and amendments shall have no force or effect if
such PPACA repeal legislation is not enacted.
(2) PPACA repeal legislation described.--For purposes of
paragraph (1), PPACA repeal legislation described in this
paragraph is legislation that--
(A) repeals Public Law 111-148, and restores or
revives the provisions of law amended or repealed,
respectively, by such Act as if such Act had not been
enacted and without further amendment to such
provisions of law; and
(B) repeals title I and subtitle B of title II of
the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of
2010 (Public Law 111-152), and restores or revives the
provisions of law amended or repealed, respectively, by
such title or subtitle, respectively, as if such title
and subtitle had not been enacted and without further
amendment to such provisions of law.
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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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