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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 186 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To prohibit taxpayer funded abortions. |
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| 6 | 6 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 7 | 7 | | JANUARY22, 2025 |
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| 8 | 8 | | Mr. W |
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| 9 | 9 | | ICKER(for himself, Mr. LANKFORD, Mrs. HYDE-SMITH, Mr. BANKS, |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. B |
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| 11 | 11 | | ARRASSO, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mrs. BRITT, Mr. |
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| 13 | 13 | | UDD, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. CASSIDY, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. COTTON, Mr. |
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| 15 | 15 | | RAMER, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. CRUZ, Mr. CURTIS, Mr. DAINES, Ms. ERNST, |
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| 16 | 16 | | Mrs. F |
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| 17 | 17 | | ISCHER, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. HAGERTY, Mr. |
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| 19 | 19 | | AWLEY, Mr. HOEVEN, Mr. JOHNSON, Mr. JUSTICE, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. |
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| 21 | 21 | | EE, Ms. LUMMIS, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. MCCONNELL, Mr. MORAN, Mr. |
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| 23 | 23 | | ULLIN, Mr. RICKETTS, Mr. RISCH, Mr. ROUNDS, Mr. SCHMITT, Mr. |
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| 25 | 25 | | COTTof Florida, Mr. SCOTTof South Carolina, Mr. SHEEHY, Mr. SUL- |
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| 26 | 26 | | LIVAN, Mr. THUNE, Mr. TILLIS, Mr. TUBERVILLE, and Mr. YOUNG) in- |
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| 27 | 27 | | troduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Com- |
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| 28 | 28 | | mittee on Finance |
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| 29 | 29 | | A BILL |
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| 30 | 30 | | To prohibit taxpayer funded abortions. |
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| 31 | 31 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 32 | 32 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 3 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (a) S |
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| 35 | 35 | | HORTTITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 4 |
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| 36 | 36 | | ‘‘No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insur-5 |
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| 37 | 37 | | ance Full Disclosure Act of 2025’’. 6 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (b) TABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of contents of 1 |
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| 42 | 42 | | this Act is as follows: 2 |
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| 43 | 43 | | Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. |
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| 44 | 44 | | TITLE I—PROHIBITING FEDERALLY FUNDED ABORTIONS |
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| 45 | 45 | | Sec. 101. Prohibiting taxpayer funded abortions. |
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| 46 | 46 | | Sec. 102. Amendment to table of chapters. |
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| 47 | 47 | | TITLE II—APPLICATION UNDER THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT |
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| 48 | 48 | | Sec. 201. Clarifying application of prohibition to premium credits and cost- |
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| 49 | 49 | | sharing reductions under ACA. |
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| 50 | 50 | | Sec. 202. Revision of notice requirements regarding disclosure of extent of |
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| 51 | 51 | | health plan coverage of abortion and abortion premium sur- |
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| 52 | 52 | | charges. |
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| 53 | 53 | | TITLE I—PROHIBITING FEDER-3 |
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| 54 | 54 | | ALLY FUNDED ABORTIONS 4 |
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| 55 | 55 | | SEC. 101. PROHIBITING TAXPAYER FUNDED ABORTIONS. 5 |
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| 56 | 56 | | Title 1, United States Code, is amended by adding 6 |
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| 57 | 57 | | at the end the following new chapter: 7 |
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| 58 | 58 | | ‘‘CHAPTER 4—PROHIBITING TAXPAYER 8 |
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| 59 | 59 | | FUNDED ABORTIONS 9 |
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| 60 | 60 | | ‘‘301. Prohibition on funding for abortions. |
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| 61 | 61 | | ‘‘302. Prohibition on funding for health benefits plans that cover abortion. |
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| 62 | 62 | | ‘‘303. Limitation on Federal facilities and employees. |
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| 63 | 63 | | ‘‘304. Construction relating to separate coverage. |
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| 64 | 64 | | ‘‘305. Construction relating to the use of non-Federal funds for health coverage. |
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| 65 | 65 | | ‘‘306. Non-preemption of other Federal laws. |
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| 66 | 66 | | ‘‘307. Construction relating to complications arising from abortion. |
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| 67 | 67 | | ‘‘308. Treatment of abortions related to rape, incest, or preserving the life of |
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| 68 | 68 | | the mother. |
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| 69 | 69 | | ‘‘309. Application to District of Columbia. |
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| 70 | 70 | | ‘‘§ 301. Prohibition on funding for abortions 10 |
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| 71 | 71 | | ‘‘No funds authorized or appropriated by Federal 11 |
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| 72 | 72 | | law, and none of the funds in any trust fund to which 12 |
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| 73 | 73 | | funds are authorized or appropriated by Federal law, shall 13 |
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| 74 | 74 | | be expended for any abortion. 14 |
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| 78 | 78 | | ‘‘§ 302. Prohibition on funding for health benefits 1 |
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| 79 | 79 | | plans that cover abortion 2 |
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| 80 | 80 | | ‘‘None of the funds authorized or appropriated by 3 |
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| 81 | 81 | | Federal law, and none of the funds in any trust fund to 4 |
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| 82 | 82 | | which funds are authorized or appropriated by Federal 5 |
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| 83 | 83 | | law, shall be expended for health benefits coverage that 6 |
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| 84 | 84 | | includes coverage of abortion. 7 |
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| 85 | 85 | | ‘‘§ 303. Limitation on Federal facilities and employees 8 |
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| 86 | 86 | | ‘‘No health care service furnished— 9 |
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| 87 | 87 | | ‘‘(1) by or in a health care facility owned or op-10 |
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| 88 | 88 | | erated by the Federal Government; or 11 |
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| 89 | 89 | | ‘‘(2) by any physician or other individual em-12 |
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| 90 | 90 | | ployed by the Federal Government to provide health 13 |
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| 91 | 91 | | care services within the scope of the physician’s or 14 |
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| 92 | 92 | | individual’s employment, 15 |
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| 93 | 93 | | may include abortion. 16 |
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| 94 | 94 | | ‘‘§ 304. Construction relating to separate coverage 17 |
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| 95 | 95 | | ‘‘Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as pro-18 |
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| 96 | 96 | | hibiting any individual, entity, or State or locality from 19 |
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| 97 | 97 | | purchasing separate abortion coverage or health benefits 20 |
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| 98 | 98 | | coverage that includes abortion so long as such coverage 21 |
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| 99 | 99 | | is paid for entirely using only funds not authorized or ap-22 |
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| 100 | 100 | | propriated by Federal law and such coverage shall not be 23 |
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| 101 | 101 | | purchased using matching funds required for a federally 24 |
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| 102 | 102 | | subsidized program, including a State’s or locality’s con-25 |
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| 103 | 103 | | tribution of Medicaid matching funds. 26 |
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| 107 | 107 | | ‘‘§ 305. Construction relating to the use of non-Fed-1 |
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| 108 | 108 | | eral funds for health coverage 2 |
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| 109 | 109 | | ‘‘Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as re-3 |
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| 110 | 110 | | stricting the ability of any non-Federal health benefits cov-4 |
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| 111 | 111 | | erage provider from offering abortion coverage, or the abil-5 |
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| 112 | 112 | | ity of a State or locality to contract separately with such 6 |
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| 113 | 113 | | a provider for such coverage, so long as only funds not 7 |
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| 114 | 114 | | authorized or appropriated by Federal law are used and 8 |
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| 115 | 115 | | such coverage shall not be purchased using matching 9 |
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| 116 | 116 | | funds required for a federally subsidized program, includ-10 |
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| 117 | 117 | | ing a State’s or locality’s contribution of Medicaid match-11 |
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| 118 | 118 | | ing funds. 12 |
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| 119 | 119 | | ‘‘§ 306. Non-preemption of other Federal laws 13 |
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| 120 | 120 | | ‘‘Nothing in this chapter shall repeal, amend, or have 14 |
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| 121 | 121 | | any effect on any other Federal law to the extent such 15 |
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| 122 | 122 | | law imposes any limitation on the use of funds for abortion 16 |
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| 123 | 123 | | or for health benefits coverage that includes coverage of 17 |
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| 124 | 124 | | abortion, beyond the limitations set forth in this chapter. 18 |
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| 125 | 125 | | ‘‘§ 307. Construction relating to complications arising 19 |
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| 126 | 126 | | from abortion 20 |
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| 127 | 127 | | ‘‘Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to apply 21 |
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| 128 | 128 | | to the treatment of any infection, injury, disease, or dis-22 |
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| 129 | 129 | | order that has been caused by or exacerbated by the per-23 |
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| 130 | 130 | | formance of an abortion. This rule of construction shall 24 |
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| 131 | 131 | | be applicable without regard to whether the abortion was 25 |
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| 132 | 132 | | performed in accord with Federal or State law, and with-26 |
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| 136 | 136 | | out regard to whether funding for the abortion is permis-1 |
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| 137 | 137 | | sible under section 308. 2 |
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| 138 | 138 | | ‘‘§ 308. Treatment of abortions related to rape, incest, 3 |
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| 139 | 139 | | or preserving the life of the mother 4 |
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| 140 | 140 | | ‘‘The limitations established in sections 301, 302, 5 |
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| 141 | 141 | | and 303 shall not apply to an abortion— 6 |
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| 142 | 142 | | ‘‘(1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of 7 |
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| 143 | 143 | | rape or incest; or 8 |
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| 144 | 144 | | ‘‘(2) in the case where a woman suffers from a 9 |
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| 145 | 145 | | physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness 10 |
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| 146 | 146 | | that would, as certified by a physician, place the 11 |
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| 147 | 147 | | woman in danger of death unless an abortion is per-12 |
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| 148 | 148 | | formed, including a life-endangering physical condi-13 |
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| 149 | 149 | | tion caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself. 14 |
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| 150 | 150 | | ‘‘§ 309. Application to District of Columbia 15 |
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| 151 | 151 | | ‘‘In this chapter: 16 |
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| 152 | 152 | | ‘‘(1) Any reference to funds appropriated by 17 |
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| 153 | 153 | | Federal law shall be treated as including any 18 |
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| 154 | 154 | | amounts within the budget of the District of Colum-19 |
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| 155 | 155 | | bia that have been approved by an Act of Congress 20 |
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| 156 | 156 | | pursuant to section 446 of the District of Columbia 21 |
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| 157 | 157 | | Home Rule Act (or any applicable successor Federal 22 |
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| 158 | 158 | | law). 23 |
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| 159 | 159 | | ‘‘(2) The term ‘Federal Government’ includes 24 |
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| 160 | 160 | | the Government of the District of Columbia.’’. 25 |
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| 164 | 164 | | SEC. 102. AMENDMENT TO TABLE OF CHAPTERS. 1 |
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| 165 | 165 | | The table of chapters for title 1, United States Code, 2 |
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| 166 | 166 | | is amended by adding at the end the following new item: 3 |
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| 167 | 167 | | ‘‘4. Prohibiting taxpayer funded abortions............................301’’. |
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| 168 | 168 | | TITLE II—APPLICATION UNDER 4 |
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| 169 | 169 | | THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT 5 |
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| 170 | 170 | | SEC. 201. CLARIFYING APPLICATION OF PROHIBITION TO 6 |
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| 171 | 171 | | PREMIUM CREDITS AND COST-SHARING RE-7 |
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| 172 | 172 | | DUCTIONS UNDER ACA. 8 |
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| 173 | 173 | | (a) I |
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| 174 | 174 | | NGENERAL.— 9 |
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| 175 | 175 | | (1) D |
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| 176 | 176 | | ISALLOWANCE OF REFUNDABLE CREDIT 10 |
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| 177 | 177 | | AND COST-SHARING REDUCTIONS FOR COVERAGE 11 |
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| 178 | 178 | | UNDER QUALIFIED HEALTH PLAN WHICH PROVIDES 12 |
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| 179 | 179 | | COVERAGE FOR ABORTION .— 13 |
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| 180 | 180 | | (A) I |
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| 181 | 181 | | N GENERAL.—Subparagraph (A) of 14 |
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| 182 | 182 | | section 36B(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code 15 |
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| 183 | 183 | | of 1986 is amended by inserting before the pe-16 |
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| 184 | 184 | | riod at the end the following: ‘‘or any health 17 |
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| 185 | 185 | | plan that includes coverage for abortions (other 18 |
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| 186 | 186 | | than any abortion or treatment described in 19 |
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| 187 | 187 | | section 307 or 308 of title 1, United States 20 |
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| 188 | 188 | | Code)’’. 21 |
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| 189 | 189 | | (B) O |
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| 190 | 190 | | PTION TO PURCHASE OR OFFER SEP -22 |
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| 191 | 191 | | ARATE COVERAGE OR PLAN .—Paragraph (3) of 23 |
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| 192 | 192 | | section 36B(c) of such Code is amended by 24 |
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| 196 | 196 | | adding at the end the following new subpara-1 |
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| 197 | 197 | | graph: 2 |
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| 198 | 198 | | ‘‘(C) S |
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| 199 | 199 | | EPARATE ABORTION COVERAGE OR 3 |
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| 200 | 200 | | PLAN ALLOWED.— 4 |
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| 201 | 201 | | ‘‘(i) O |
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| 202 | 202 | | PTION TO PURCHASE SEPARATE 5 |
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| 203 | 203 | | COVERAGE OR PLAN.—Nothing in subpara-6 |
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| 204 | 204 | | graph (A) shall be construed as prohibiting 7 |
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| 205 | 205 | | any individual from purchasing separate 8 |
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| 206 | 206 | | coverage for abortions described in such 9 |
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| 207 | 207 | | subparagraph, or a health plan that in-10 |
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| 208 | 208 | | cludes such abortions, so long as no credit 11 |
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| 209 | 209 | | is allowed under this section with respect 12 |
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| 210 | 210 | | to the premiums for such coverage or plan. 13 |
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| 211 | 211 | | ‘‘(ii) O |
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| 212 | 212 | | PTION TO OFFER COVERAGE OR 14 |
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| 213 | 213 | | PLAN.—Nothing in subparagraph (A) shall 15 |
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| 214 | 214 | | restrict any non-Federal health insurance 16 |
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| 215 | 215 | | issuer offering a health plan from offering 17 |
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| 216 | 216 | | separate coverage for abortions described 18 |
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| 217 | 217 | | in such subparagraph, or a plan that in-19 |
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| 218 | 218 | | cludes such abortions, so long as premiums 20 |
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| 219 | 219 | | for such separate coverage or plan are not 21 |
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| 220 | 220 | | paid for with any amount attributable to 22 |
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| 221 | 221 | | the credit allowed under this section (or 23 |
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| 222 | 222 | | the amount of any advance payment of the 24 |
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| 226 | 226 | | credit under section 1412 of the Patient 1 |
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| 227 | 227 | | Protection and Affordable Care Act).’’. 2 |
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| 228 | 228 | | (2) D |
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| 229 | 229 | | ISALLOWANCE OF SMALL EMPLOYER 3 |
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| 230 | 230 | | HEALTH INSURANCE EXPENSE CREDIT FOR PLAN 4 |
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| 231 | 231 | | WHICH INCLUDES COVERAGE FOR ABORTION .—Sub-5 |
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| 232 | 232 | | section (h) of section 45R of the Internal Revenue 6 |
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| 233 | 233 | | Code of 1986 is amended— 7 |
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| 234 | 234 | | (A) by striking ‘‘Any term’’ and inserting 8 |
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| 235 | 235 | | the following: 9 |
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| 236 | 236 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 237 | 237 | | N GENERAL.—Any term’’; and 10 |
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| 238 | 238 | | (B) by adding at the end the following new 11 |
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| 239 | 239 | | paragraph: 12 |
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| 240 | 240 | | ‘‘(2) E |
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| 241 | 241 | | XCLUSION OF HEALTH PLANS INCLUDING 13 |
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| 242 | 242 | | COVERAGE FOR ABORTION .— 14 |
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| 243 | 243 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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| 244 | 244 | | N GENERAL.—The term ‘qualified 15 |
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| 245 | 245 | | health plan’ does not include any health plan 16 |
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| 246 | 246 | | that includes coverage for abortions (other than 17 |
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| 247 | 247 | | any abortion or treatment described in section 18 |
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| 248 | 248 | | 307 or 308 of title 1, United States Code). 19 |
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| 249 | 249 | | ‘‘(B) S |
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| 250 | 250 | | EPARATE ABORTION COVERAGE OR 20 |
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| 251 | 251 | | PLAN ALLOWED.— 21 |
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| 252 | 252 | | ‘‘(i) O |
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| 253 | 253 | | PTION TO PURCHASE SEPARATE 22 |
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| 254 | 254 | | COVERAGE OR PLAN.—Nothing in subpara-23 |
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| 255 | 255 | | graph (A) shall be construed as prohibiting 24 |
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| 256 | 256 | | any employer from purchasing for its em-25 |
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| 260 | 260 | | ployees separate coverage for abortions de-1 |
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| 261 | 261 | | scribed in such subparagraph, or a health 2 |
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| 262 | 262 | | plan that includes such abortions, so long 3 |
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| 263 | 263 | | as no credit is allowed under this section 4 |
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| 264 | 264 | | with respect to the employer contributions 5 |
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| 265 | 265 | | for such coverage or plan. 6 |
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| 266 | 266 | | ‘‘(ii) O |
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| 267 | 267 | | PTION TO OFFER COVERAGE OR 7 |
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| 268 | 268 | | PLAN.—Nothing in subparagraph (A) shall 8 |
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| 269 | 269 | | restrict any non-Federal health insurance 9 |
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| 270 | 270 | | issuer offering a health plan from offering 10 |
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| 271 | 271 | | separate coverage for abortions described 11 |
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| 272 | 272 | | in such subparagraph, or a plan that in-12 |
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| 273 | 273 | | cludes such abortions, so long as such sep-13 |
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| 274 | 274 | | arate coverage or plan is not paid for with 14 |
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| 275 | 275 | | any employer contribution eligible for the 15 |
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| 276 | 276 | | credit allowed under this section.’’. 16 |
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| 277 | 277 | | (3) C |
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| 278 | 278 | | ONFORMING ACA AMENDMENTS .—Section 17 |
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| 279 | 279 | | 1303(b) of Public Law 111–148 (42 U.S.C. 18 |
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| 280 | 280 | | 18023(b)) is amended— 19 |
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| 281 | 281 | | (A) by striking paragraph (2); 20 |
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| 282 | 282 | | (B) by striking paragraph (3), as amended 21 |
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| 283 | 283 | | by section 202(a); and 22 |
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| 284 | 284 | | (C) by redesignating paragraph (4) as 23 |
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| 285 | 285 | | paragraph (2). 24 |
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| 289 | 289 | | (b) APPLICATION TOMULTI-STATEPLANS.—Para-1 |
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| 290 | 290 | | graph (6) of section 1334(a) of Public Law 111–148 (42 2 |
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| 291 | 291 | | U.S.C. 18054(a)) is amended to read as follows: 3 |
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| 292 | 292 | | ‘‘(6) C |
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| 293 | 293 | | OVERAGE CONSISTENT WITH FEDERAL 4 |
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| 294 | 294 | | ABORTION POLICY .—In entering into contracts 5 |
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| 295 | 295 | | under this subsection, the Director shall ensure that 6 |
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| 296 | 296 | | no multi-State qualified health plan offered in an 7 |
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| 297 | 297 | | Exchange provides health benefits coverage for 8 |
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| 298 | 298 | | which the expenditure of Federal funds is prohibited 9 |
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| 299 | 299 | | under chapter 4 of title 1, United States Code.’’. 10 |
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| 300 | 300 | | (c) E |
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| 301 | 301 | | FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 11 |
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| 302 | 302 | | subsection (a) shall apply to taxable years ending after 12 |
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| 303 | 303 | | December 31, 2025, but only with respect to plan years 13 |
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| 304 | 304 | | beginning after such date, and the amendment made by 14 |
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| 305 | 305 | | subsection (b) shall apply to plan years beginning after 15 |
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| 306 | 306 | | such date. 16 |
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| 307 | 307 | | SEC. 202. REVISION OF NOTICE REQUIREMENTS REGARD-17 |
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| 308 | 308 | | ING DISCLOSURE OF EXTENT OF HEALTH 18 |
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| 309 | 309 | | PLAN COVERAGE OF ABORTION AND ABOR-19 |
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| 310 | 310 | | TION PREMIUM SURCHARGES. 20 |
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| 311 | 311 | | (a) I |
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| 312 | 312 | | NGENERAL.—Paragraph (3) of section 1303(b) 21 |
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| 313 | 313 | | of Public Law 111–148 (42 U.S.C. 18023(b)) is amended 22 |
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| 314 | 314 | | to read as follows: 23 |
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| 315 | 315 | | ‘‘(3) R |
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| 316 | 316 | | ULES RELATING TO NOTICE .— 24 |
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| 320 | 320 | | ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The extent of cov-1 |
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| 321 | 321 | | erage (if any) of services described in para-2 |
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| 322 | 322 | | graph (1)(B)(i) or (1)(B)(ii) by a qualified 3 |
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| 323 | 323 | | health plan shall be disclosed to enrollees at the 4 |
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| 324 | 324 | | time of enrollment in the plan and shall be 5 |
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| 325 | 325 | | prominently displayed in any marketing or ad-6 |
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| 326 | 326 | | vertising materials, comparison tools, or sum-7 |
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| 327 | 327 | | mary of benefits and coverage explanation made 8 |
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| 328 | 328 | | available with respect to such plan by the issuer 9 |
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| 329 | 329 | | of the plan, by an Exchange, or by the Sec-10 |
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| 330 | 330 | | retary, including information made available 11 |
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| 331 | 331 | | through an internet portal or Exchange under 12 |
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| 332 | 332 | | sections 1311(c)(5) and 1311(d)(4)(C). 13 |
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| 333 | 333 | | ‘‘(B) S |
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| 334 | 334 | | EPARATE DISCLOSURE OF ABOR -14 |
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| 335 | 335 | | TION SURCHARGES.—In the case of a qualified 15 |
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| 336 | 336 | | health plan that includes the services described 16 |
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| 337 | 337 | | in paragraph (1)(B)(i) and where the premium 17 |
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| 338 | 338 | | for the plan is disclosed, including in any mar-18 |
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| 339 | 339 | | keting or advertising materials or any other in-19 |
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| 340 | 340 | | formation referred to in subparagraph (A), the 20 |
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| 341 | 341 | | surcharge described in paragraph (2)(B)(i)(II) 21 |
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| 342 | 342 | | that is attributable to such services shall also be 22 |
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| 343 | 343 | | disclosed and identified separately.’’. 23 |
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| 344 | 344 | | (b) E |
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| 345 | 345 | | FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendment made by 24 |
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| 346 | 346 | | subsection (a) shall apply to materials, tools, or other in-25 |
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| 350 | 350 | | formation made available more than 30 days after the date 1 |
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| 351 | 351 | | of the enactment of this Act. 2 |
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