To require certain preconditions for allowing premium tax credits, reductions in cost-sharing, and funding of Navigators and related Exchange enrollment activities, and for other purposes.
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Aug 1, 2013)
Disallows specified subsidy payments under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), including the tax credit for health care coverage premium assistance and reduction in cost-sharing, or any funding for the operation of a PPACA Navigator Program until: (1) the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) certifies to Congress that verification methods under PPACA to determine eligibility for subsidies have been tested to verify their accuracy and have safeguards in place to protect personally identifiable information; and (2) the Inspector General of HHS reviews such verification methods and certifies to Congress the quality, accuracy, response time, and integrity of such methods and that the level of improper subsidy payments is not likely to exceed 3% of the level of the total subsidy payment.
Requires the Inspector General of HHS to review verification methods annually to determine the level of improper subsidy payments and suspend such subsidies in years in which they exceed 3% of the total subsidy payment.
What just happenedAug 2, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseAug 1, 2013
- Aug 2, 2013Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Aug 1, 2013IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
- Aug 1, 2013IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
- Aug 1, 2013IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Aug 1, 2013IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House