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DEFECT Act (Delaying Enrollment in Federal Exchanges to Certify Trust) of 2013

H.R. 2789 · 113th Congress · Jul 23, 2013 · Lineage

A BILL

To delay enrollment in qualified health plans in State or Federally facilitated Exchanges until 1 year after final rules are published establishing the verification and other procedures to be used to implement section 1411 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and carrying out sections 6055 and 6056 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “DEFECT Act (Delaying Enrollment in Federal Exchanges to Certify Trust) of 2013”.

Sec. 2 Delay enrollment in qualified health plans in State or Federally facilitated Exchanges until 1 year after publication of rules establishing ver­i­fi­ca­tion and other Exchange procedures and carrying out coverage reporting requirements

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no individual may be enrolled in a qualified health plan offered through an Exchange under section 1311 or 1321 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18031, 18041) until 1 year after the date that there is published in the Federal Register—
(1)
a final rule that establishes the verification and other procedures to be used to implement section 1411 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 18081); and
(2)
a final rule to carry out sections 6055 and 6056 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.