State Flexibility to Provide Affordable Health Options Act
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What it doesSummary introduced in senate (Sep 14, 2016)
State Flexibility to Provide Affordable Health Options Act
This bill deems to be a qualified health plan for 2017 any state-authorized health insurance offered in the individual or small group market in certain states. (Qualified health plans purchased through a health insurance exchange are eligible for premium subsidies.) This applies in states that: (1) determine that temporary access to affordable private health insurance outside of a health insurance exchange is necessary to ensure access to an adequate number of affordable private health insurance options in the individual or small group market; and (2) notify the Department of Health and Human Services of that determination no later than November 1, 2016.
Residents of such a state are not subject to the requirement to maintain minimum essential coverage in 2017.What just happenedSep 15, 2016
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 628.
Who’s behind it
- Placed on Calendar SenateSep 15, 2016
- Sep 15, 2016Calendars
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 628.
- Sep 14, 2016Calendars
Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5724-5725)
- Sep 14, 2016IntroReferral10000
Introduced in Senate