Sec. 2. Shift in the collection of the payment for the transitional reinsurance program
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Section 1341(b) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( 42 U.S.C. 18061(b) ) is amended— in paragraph (1)— in subparagraph (A)— by inserting beginning on January 1, 2018, after required to make payments ; and by striking any plan year beginning in the 3-year period and all that follows through the end and inserting payments made under subparagraph
(C)(as specified in paragraph (3)); ; in subparagraph (B), by striking and uses and all that follows through the period and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following: the applicable reinsurance entity makes reinsurance payments to health insurance issuers described in subparagraph
(A)that cover high risk individuals in the individual market (excluding grandfathered health plans) for any plan year beginning in the 3-year period beginning January 1, 2014, in an aggregate amount of up to the total of the aggregate contribution amounts described in paragraph (3)(B)(iv), subject to paragraph (4). ; in paragraph (2), by striking paragraph (1)(B) and inserting paragraph (1)(C) ; in paragraph (3)— in subparagraph (A), by striking 2014 and inserting 2018 ; and in subparagraph (B)— in clause (ii), by striking administrative and inserting operational ; by redesignating clauses
(iii)and
(iv)as clauses
(iv)and (v), respectively; by inserting after clause (ii), the following: the aggregate contribution amount for all States shall be based on the total amount of reinsurance payments made under paragraph (1)(C); ; by striking clause (iv), as so redesignated, and inserting the following: the aggregate contribution amount collected under clause
(iii)shall, without regard to amounts described in clause (ii), be limited to $10,000,000,000 based on the plan years beginning in 2014, $6,000,000,000 based on the plan years beginning in 2015, and $4,000,000,000 based on the plan years beginning in 2016; ; in clause (v), as so redesignated, by striking clause
(iii)each place that such term appears and inserting clause
(iv); and by inserting after clause (v), the following: in addition to the contribution amounts under clauses (iii), (iv), and (v), each issuer’s contribution amount— shall reflect its proportionate share of an additional $20,300,000 for operational expenses for reinsurance payments for calendar year 2014 and for reinsurance collections for calendar year 2018; shall reflect its proportionate share of operational expenses for reinsurance payments for calendar year 2015 and for reinsurance collections for calendar year 2019; and shall reflect its proportionate share of operational expenses for reinsurance payments for calendar year 2016 and for reinsurance collections for calendar year 2020; and collection of the contribution amounts provided for in clauses
(ii)through
(vi)shall be initiated— for calendar year 2014, not earlier than January 1, 2018; for calendar year 2015, not earlier than January 1, 2019; and for calendar year 2016, not earlier than January 1, 2020. ; in paragraph (4)— in subparagraph (A)— by striking contribution amounts collected for any calendar year and inserting amount provided under paragraph
(5)for reinsurance payments described in paragraph (1)(C) ; and by striking ; and and inserting a period; by striking subparagraph (B); by striking that— and all that follows through the contribution in subparagraph
(A)and inserting that the contribution ; and in the flush matter at the end, by striking paragraph (3)(B)(iv) and inserting the following: paragraph (3)(B)(v) and any amounts collected under clause
(ii)of paragraph (3)(B) that, when combined with the funding provided for under paragraph (5), exceed the aggregate amount permitted for making the reinsurance payments described in paragraph (1)(C) and to fund the operational expenses of applicable reinsurance entities, ; and by adding at the end the following: To carry out this section, there is appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, an amount equal to the aggregate amount to be collected for plan years beginning in 2014 set forth in paragraph (3)(B)(iv) for reinsurance payments described in paragraph (1)(C), and an amount equal to the contribution amounts set forth in paragraph (3)(B)(vi) to fund operational expenses of applicable reinsurance entities. . Nothing in the amendments made by this section shall be construed to increase the amount of payments to be collected under subsection (b)(1)(A) or to decrease the amount of the reinsurance payments to be made under subsection (b)(1)(C) of section 1341 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18061). The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall promulgate regulations or guidance to ensure that health insurance issuers reflect changes made in section 1341 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act with section 2718 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300gg–18 ) and sections 1342 and 1312(c) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18063 and 18032(c)).
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Shift in the collection of the payment for the transitional reinsurance program
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