US Congress House Bill 2712 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 8-1)
Status: Introduced on June 10 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-06-12 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Commonsense Reporting and Verification Act of 2015 This bill requires the Department of Treasury to implement and maintain a voluntary prospective reporting system for employers subject to the employer mandate under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Employers satisfy the information return requirement if they voluntarily report general information about the health coverage offered to full-time employees. Employers satisfy the employee statement requirement if they provide statements to employees after receiving exchange notification that employee or spouse or dependent enrolled in a qualified health plan or qualified for premium tax credits or cost-sharing subsidies. The legislation amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) permit employers and health insurance issuers that provide minimum essential coverage to submit an information return with names and birth dates of covered dependents if the employer or health insurance issuer does not already collect or maintain their taxpayer identification numbers, and (2) permit electronic delivery of employee statement if employee consented previously to electronic delivery of other notices and does not refuse consent in writing. It directs the Government Accountability Office to: (1) evaluate the exchange notification and appeals processes for employers whose employee or spouse or dependent enrolls in a qualified health plan or qualifies for premium tax credits or cost-sharing subsidies, and (2) evaluate the prospective reporting system functionality. The legislation permits a health insurance exchange to automatically reenroll an individual into a qualified health plan after annually redetermining the individual's eligibility for premium tax credits or cost-sharing subsidies.

Commonsense Reporting and Verification Act of 2015

Rep. Diane Black [R-TN]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. Joseph Heck [R-NV]	Rep. James Renacci [R-OH]
Rep. Lamar Smith [R-TX]	Rep. Jeff Duncan [R-SC]	Sen. Kevin Cramer [R-ND]	Rep. Charles Boustany [R-LA]
Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-06-12	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2015-06-10	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2015-06-10	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2015-06-10	House	Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
2015-06-10	House	Introduced in House

SB1996 (Related) 2016-05-18 - Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2712/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr2712/BILLS-114hr2712ih.pdf