High Risk Pool, No Reward Act of 2017

High Risk Pool, No Reward Act of 2017

This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to modify health insurance plan options for Members of Congress elected from a state that receives a federal waiver of the continuous coverage penalty under the American Health Care Act of 2017, if that bill is enacted. Such Members shall not be eligible for government health plans and shall be eligible for health insurance coverage in the individual market of that state.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2984 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2984

  To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to restrict 
Members of Congress who represent a State with a waiver approved under 
the amendments made by the American Health Care Act of 2017 to the same 
 health insurance coverage as is available under such waiver to their 
                             constituents.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 21, 2017

  Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York introduced the following bill; 
  which was referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in 
 addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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 amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to restrict 
Members of Congress who represent a State with a waiver approved under 
the amendments made by the American Health Care Act of 2017 to the same 
 health insurance coverage as is available under such waiver to their 
                             constituents.

    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 ``High Risk Pool, No Reward Act of 
2017''.

SEC. 2. RESTRICTING ACCESS OF CERTAIN MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, WHO 
              REPRESENT A STATE WITH AN AHCA APPROVED WAIVER, TO HEALTH 
              INSURANCE COVERAGE AVAILABLE UNDER SUCH WAIVER TO THEIR 
              CONSTITUENTS.

    Section 1312(d)(3) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care 
Act (42 U.S.C. 18032(d)(3)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (D)(i), by inserting ``except as 
        provided in subparagraph (E),'' after ``Notwithstanding any 
        other provision of law,''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(E) Coverage of members of congress consistent 
                with ahca state waivers.--In the case of a State that 
                has a waiver approved and in effect under section 
                2701(b) of the Public Health Service Act, as added by 
                section 136(a) of the American Health Care Act of 2017, 
                for a purpose described in paragraph (1)(C) of such 
                section 2701(b), a Member of Congress who represents 
                such State or a district in the State--
                            ``(i) is not eligible to receive coverage 
                        under any health benefits plan (or to receive 
                        any Government contribution regarding coverage 
                        under such plan) under chapter 89 of title 5, 
                        United States Code, with respect to their 
                        service as a Member of Congress; and
                            ``(ii) is eligible to enroll in health 
                        insurance coverage in the individual market in 
                        the State under this Act and under such waiver 
                        (including, to the extent applicable, through a 
                        high-risk program that carries out the purpose 
                        described in paragraph (1) or (2) of section 
                        2202(a) of the Social Security Act or a program 
                        established under section 2205 of such Act) in 
                        the same manner as the Member's constituents 
                        who are eligible to enroll in such coverage.''.
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