1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “ACA Enrollment Extension Act”.
ACA Enrollment Extension Act
A BILL
To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to extend the initial open enrollment period.
2. Extension of open enrollment period
Extension— Section 1311(c)(6)(A) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18031(c)(6)(A)) is amended to read as follows:
“(A) an initial open enrollment period, to close on a date determined appropriate by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and which shall be the later of—
“(i) May 31, 2014; or
“(ii) a later date determined by the Secretary after considering the progress made on improving the functionality of the Federally-facilitated health insurance marketplace and related factors;”
Extension for other plans— Section 2702(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg–1(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(4) Initial open enrollment period—A health insurance issuer described in subsection (a) that provides health insurance coverage in the individual market shall provide for an initial open enrollment or special enrollment period applicable to such coverage that begins on the effective date of this section and ends on the date determined by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under section 1311(c)(6)(A) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.”
Nonapplication of penalty— Section 5000A(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(E) Application to 2014—For purposes of imposing a penalty under this section for taxable year 2014, the amount of the penalty to be imposed shall not include any month ending prior to the closing date determined by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under section 1311(c)(6)(A) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.”