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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 90 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to provide for |
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| 6 | 6 | | a definition of short-term limited duration insurance, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | JANUARY3, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. B |
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| 10 | 10 | | IGGSof Arizona introduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 11 | 11 | | Committee on Energy and Commerce |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act |
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| 14 | 14 | | to provide for a definition of short-term limited duration |
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| 15 | 15 | | insurance, and for other purposes. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 19 | 19 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Health Coverage 4 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Choice Act’’. 5 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF SHORT-TERM LIMITED DURATION 6 |
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| 22 | 22 | | INSURANCE. 7 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Section 2791(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 8 |
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| 24 | 24 | | U.S.C. 300gg–91(b)) is amended by adding at the end the 9 |
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| 25 | 25 | | following new paragraph: 10 |
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| 29 | 29 | | ‘‘(6) SHORT-TERM LIMITED DURATION INSUR -1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | ANCE.—The term ‘short-term limited duration insur-2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | ance’ means health insurance coverage provided 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | under a contract with a health insurance issuer 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | that— 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | ‘‘(A) has an expiration date specified in 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | the contract that is less than 12 months after 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | the original effective date of the contract; and 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | ‘‘(B) has a duration of not more than 3 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | years (taking into account renewals or exten-10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | sions) after the original effective date of the 11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | contract.’’. 12 |
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