Sec. 3. Guaranteed availability of coverage

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Subject to section 6(a) of this Act, subpart 3 of part A of title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, as restored or revived pursuant to PPACA repeal legislation described in section 6(b) of this Act, is amended by striking section 2711 ( 42 U.S.C. 300gg–11 ) and inserting the following: Subject to subsection (b), each health insurance issuer that offers health insurance coverage in the group market in a State shall accept every employer and every individual in a group in the State that applies for such coverage. A health insurance issuer described in subsection

(a)may restrict enrollment in coverage described in such subsection to open or special enrollment periods. A health insurance issuer described in subsection

(a)shall establish special enrollment periods for qualifying events (as such term is defined in section 603 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974). . Subject to section 6(a) of this Act, subpart 1 of part B of title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, as restored or revived pursuant to PPACA repeal legislation described in section 6(b) of this Act, is amended by striking section 2741 of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300gg–41 ) and inserting the following: The provisions of section 2711 shall apply to health insurance coverage offered to individuals by a health insurance issuer in the individual market in the same manner as such provisions apply to health insurance coverage offered to employers by a health insurance issuer in connection with health insurance coverage in the group market. For purposes of this section, the Secretary shall treat any reference of the word employer in such section as a reference to the term individual . .

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