Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Health Care Regulator Accountability Act”.
Health Care Regulator Accountability Act
A BILL
To provide that the only health plans that the Federal Government may make available to Federal employees responsible for the administration of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act are those created under such Act or offered through a health insurance exchange, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Health plans created under PPACA or offered through Exchanges to be only health plans Federal Government may make available to Federal employees responsible for administration of PPACA
Section 1312(d)(3)(D) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18032(d)(3)(D)) is amended—
in the subparagraph heading, by striking “Members of Congress” and inserting “Members of Congress and certain Federal employees”;
in clause (i), in the matter preceding subclause (I)—
by striking “after the effective date of this subtitle,” and inserting “after December 31, 2013,”;
by striking “Members of Congress and congressional staff” and inserting “Members of Congress, congressional staff, and Federal employees responsible for the administration of this Act”; and
by striking “a Member of Congress or congressional staff” and inserting “a Member of Congress, congressional staff, or Federal employee responsible for the administration of this Act”; and
in clause (ii), by adding at the end the following:
“(III) Federal employee responsible for the administration of this Act—The term Federal employee responsible for the administration of this Act, as used with respect to a year, means a Federal employee—
“(aa) who holds a position in the Department of Health and Human Services, the Internal Revenue Service, or any other Executive agency (as defined by section 105 of title 5, United States Code) during such year; and
“(bb) the duties and responsibilities of whose position (as described in item (aa)) during such year—
“(AA) involves the promulgation of rules or regulations to carry out this Act (or amendments made by this Act);
“(BB) involves the enforcement of this Act (or amendments made by this Act); or
“(CC) otherwise involves the administration of this Act (or amendments made by this Act),
“(IV) Federal employee—The term Federal employee means an employee, as defined in section 2105 of title 5, United States Code, and includes an individual to whom subsection (c) or (f) of such section 2105 pertains (whether or not such individual otherwise satisfies such section).”
Sec. 3 Enforcement
In general— The Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Director of the Internal Revenue Service, and the head of any other agency involved in promulgating rules or regulations to carry out or to enforce the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or any amendments made by such Act (as described in the amendment made by section 2(3)) may not, in any fiscal year, obligate or expend more than 90 percent of the funds made available for the salaries and expenses of the office of the Secretary, Director, or head (as the case may be) for such fiscal year unless such regulations are promulgated and take effect before the close of such fiscal year.
Rescission— Any amounts which (by virtue of subsection (a)) remain precluded from obligation or expenditure on the last day of any fiscal year shall be rescinded on the close of such last day.
Limitation— Nothing in this section shall be considered to affect any funds or other amounts to the extent that such amounts would (disregarding this section) otherwise be available for purposes apart from salaries or other administrative expenses of the office involved.