US HB2676 | 2011-2012 | 112th Congress

US Congress House Bill 2676 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: Introduced on July 27 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-08-01 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Small Business Health Relief Act of 2011 - Repeals provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC), as added by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), that: (1) impose fines on large employers (employers with more than 50 full-time employees) who fail to offer their full-time employees the opportunity to enroll in minimum essential health insurance coverage; and (2) require such large employers to file a report with the Secretary of the Treasury on health insurance coverage provided to their full-time employees. Repeals provision of PPACA that: (1) set limits on the annual deductible on health plans offered in the small group market, (2) allow catastrophic plans to be offered in the individual market to individuals under the age of 30, and (3) impose an annual fee on health insurance entities. Deems high deductible health plans to meet essential health benefits coverage requirements if the enrollee has established a health savings account. Amends the Public Health Service Act, as amended by PPACA, to repeal a provision that allows a premium rate variance by age in the individual or small group market. Repeals restrictions on payments for medications from health savings accounts, medical savings accounts, and health flexible spending arrangements to prescription drugs or insulin. Repeals provisions limiting annual salary reduction contributions by an employee to a health flexible spending arrangement under a cafeteria plan to $2,500. Allows a health plan to maintain its status as a grandfathered health plan regardless of any modification to the cost-sharing levels, employer contribution rates, or covered benefits. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to promulgate regulations to clarify the application of such provision. Makes this provision effective as if included in PPACA. Voids any regulations promulgated related to such provisions before enactment of this Act.

Title

Small Business Health Relief Act of 2011

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-08-01	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2011-08-01	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2011-07-27	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2011-07-27	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2011-07-27	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.

Same As/Similar To

SB1049 (Related) 2011-05-23 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3228-3229)
SB1880 (Related) 2011-11-16 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.