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Title I — Making coverage affordable for small businesses

S. 24 · 113th Congress · Jan 22, 2013 · Lineage

I Making coverage affordable for small businesses

Sec. 101 Protecting American jobs and wages

Sections 1513 and 1514 and subsections (e), (f), and (g) of section 10106 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111–148) and the amendments made by such sections and subsections are repealed and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall be applied and administered as if such provisions and amendments had never been enacted.

Sec. 102 Increasing flexibility for small businesses

Section 1302(c)(2) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111–148) is repealed.

Sec. 103 Increasing choices for Americans

(a)
Qualified health plan coverage satisfied by high deductible health plan with health savings account— Section 1302(e) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18022(e)) is amended to read as follows:

“(e) High deductible health plan with health savings account—A health plan not providing a bronze, silver, gold, or platinum level of coverage shall be treated as meeting the requirements of subsection (d) with respect to any plan year for any enrollee if the plan meets the requirements for a high deductible health plan under section 223(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and such enrollee has established a health savings account (as defined in section 223(d)(1) of such Code) in relation to such plan.”

(b)
Conforming amendments—
(1)
Subparagraph (C) of section 1312(d)(3) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18032(d)(3)) is amended by striking “, except” and all that follows through “1302(e)(2)”.
(2)
Subparagraph (A) of section 36B(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as added by section 1401(a) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111–148) is amended by striking “, except” and all that follows through “such Act”.
(3)
Subparagraph (B) of section 1334(c)(1) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18054(c)(1)) is amended by striking “and catastrophic coverage”.

Sec. 104 Protecting patients from higher premiums

Section 9010 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111–148), as amended by section 10905 of such Act, is repealed.

Sec. 105 Ensuring affordable coverage

Section 2701(a)(1)(A)(iii) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300(a)(1)(A)(iii)), as added by section 1201 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111–148), is amended by striking “, except” and all that follows through “2707(c))”.