Throw Away Junk Plans Act

Throw Away Junk Plans Act

This bill eliminates the exemption of short-term, limited-duration health insurance plans from the federal requirements for individual health insurance coverage beginning on April 1, 2023.

Currently, short-term, limited-duration plans may offer coverage for a limited amount of time and are exempt from the market requirements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (e.g., coverage of individuals with preexisting conditions).

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 711 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 711

To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to eliminate the 
    short-term limited duration insurance exemption with respect to 
                 individual health insurance coverage.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 1, 2023

Ms. Castor of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to eliminate the 
    short-term limited duration insurance exemption with respect to 
                 individual health insurance coverage.

    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 ``Throw Away Junk Plans Act''.

SEC. 2. ELIMINATING THE SHORT-TERM LIMITED DURATION INSURANCE EXEMPTION 
              WITH RESPECT TO INDIVIDUAL HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE.

    Section 2791(b)(5) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
300gg-91(b)(5)) is amended by inserting ``(other than such insurance 
that is issued, sold, or renewed on or after April 1, 2023)'' before 
the period at the end.
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