Sec. 103. Establishing a State Health Insurance Affordability and Innovation fund
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Subtitle D of title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( 42 U.S.C. 18021 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: There is hereby established the State Health Insurance Affordability and Innovation Fund to be administered by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (referred to in this section as the Administrator ), to provide funding, in accordance with this part, to each of the 50 States and the District of Columbia (each referred to in this section as a State ) beginning on January 1, 2022, for the purposes described in section 1352.
A State shall use the funds allocated to the State under this part for one of the following purposes: To provide reinsurance payments to health insurance issuers with respect to individuals enrolled under individual health insurance coverage (other than through a plan described in subsection (b)) offered by such issuers. To provide assistance (other than through payments described in paragraph (1)) to reduce out-of-pocket costs, such as copayments, coinsurance, premiums, and deductibles, of individuals enrolled under qualified health plans offered on the individual market through an Exchange.
State efforts to streamline health insurance enrollment procedures in order to reduce burdens on consumers and facilitate greater enrollment in health insurance coverage in the individual and small group markets, including automatic enrollment and reenrollment of, or pre-populated applications for, individuals without health insurance who are eligible for tax credits under section 36B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, with the ability to opt out of such enrollment. State investment in technology to improve data sharing and collection for the purposes of facilitating greater enrollment in health insurance coverage in such markets.
Feasibility studies to develop comprehensive and coherent State plan for increasing enrollment in the individual and small group market. For purposes of subsection (a), a plan described in this subsection is the following: A grandfathered health plan (as defined in section 1251). A plan (commonly referred to as a transitional plan ) continued under the letter issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on November 14, 2013, to the State Insurance Commissioners outlining a transitional policy for coverage in the individual and small group markets to which section 1251 does not apply, and under the extension of the transitional policy for such coverage set forth in the Insurance Standards Bulletin Series guidance issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on March 5, 2014, February 29, 2016, February 13, 2017, April 9, 2018, March 25, 2019, and January 31, 2020, or under any subsequent extensions thereof.
Student health insurance coverage (as defined in section 147.145 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations). To be eligible for an allocation of funds under this part for a year (beginning with 2022), a State shall submit to the Administrator an application at such time (but, in the case of allocations for 2022, not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this part and, in the case of allocations for a subsequent year, not later than March 1 of the previous year) and in such form and manner as specified by the Administrator containing— a description of how the funds will be used; and such other information as the Administrator may require.
An application so submitted is approved unless the Administrator notifies the State submitting the application, not later than 60 days after the date of the submission of such application, that the application has been denied for not being in compliance with any requirement of this part and of the reason for such denial. If an application of a State is approved for a purpose described in section 1352 for a year, such application shall be treated as approved for such purpose for each of the subsequent 4 years.
The approval of an application of a State, with respect to a purpose described in section 1352, may be revoked if the State fails to use funds provided to the State under this section for such purpose or otherwise fails to comply with the requirements of this section. For 2022, in the case of a State that does not submit an application under subsection
(a)by the 90-day submission date applicable to such year under subsection (a)(1) and in the case of a State that does submit such an application by such date that is not approved, the Administrator, in consultation with the State insurance commissioner, shall, from the amount calculated under paragraph
(4)for such year, carry out the purpose described in paragraph
(3)in such State for such year. For 2023 or a subsequent year, in the case of a State that does not have in effect an approved application under this section for such year, the Administrator, in consultation with the State insurance commissioner, shall, from the amount calculated under paragraph
(4)for such year, carry out the purpose described in paragraph
(3)in such State for such year. The amount described in paragraph (4), with respect to 2022 or a subsequent year, shall be used to carry out the purpose described in section 1352(a)(1) in each State described in paragraph
(1)or
(2)for such year, as applicable, by providing reinsurance payments to health insurance issuers with respect to attachment range claims (as defined in section 1354(b)(2)), using the dollar amounts specified in subparagraph
(B)of such section for such year in an amount equal to, subject to paragraph (5), the percentage (specified for such year by the Secretary under such subparagraph) of the amount of such claims. The amount described in this paragraph, with respect to 2022 or a subsequent year, is the amount equal to the total sum of amounts that the Secretary would otherwise estimate under section 1354(b)(2)(A)(i) for such year for each State described in paragraph
(1)or
(2)for such year, as applicable, if each such State were not so described for such year. For purposes of this subsection, the Secretary may apply a percentage under paragraph
(3)with respect to a year that is less than the percentage otherwise specified in section 1354(b)(2)(B) for such year, if the cost of paying the total eligible attachment range claims for States described in this subsection for such year at such percentage otherwise specified would exceed the amount calculated under paragraph
(4)for such year. For the purpose of providing allocations for States under subsection
(b)and payments under section 1353(b) there is appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $10,000,000,000 for 2022 and each subsequent year. From amounts appropriated under subsection
(a)for a year, the Secretary shall, with respect to a State not described in section 1353(b) for such year and not later than the date specified under subparagraph
(B)for such year, allocate for such State the amount determined for such State and year under paragraph (2). For purposes of subparagraph (A), the date specified in this subparagraph is— for 2022, the date that is 45 days after the date of the enactment of this part; and for 2023 or a subsequent year, January 1 of the respective year. For 2023 and each subsequent year, the Secretary shall notify each State of the amount determined for such State under paragraph
(2)for such year by not later than January 1 of the previous year. For purposes of paragraph (1), the amount determined under this paragraph for a year for a State described in paragraph (1)(A) for such year is the amount equal to— the amount that the Secretary estimates would be expended under this part for such year on attachment range claims of individuals residing in such State if such State used such funds only for the purpose described in paragraph
(1)of section 1352(a) at the dollar amounts and percentage specified under subparagraph
(B)for such year; minus the amount, if any, by which the Secretary determines— the estimated amount of premium tax credits under section 36B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that would be attributable to individuals residing in such State for such year without application of this part; exceeds the estimated amount of premium tax credits under section 36B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that would be attributable to individuals residing in such State for such year if such State were a State described in section 1353(b) for such year. For purposes of the previous sentence and section 1353(b)(3), the term attachment range claims means, with respect to an individual, the claims for such individual that exceed a dollar amount specified by the Secretary for a year, but do not exceed a ceiling dollar amount specified by the Secretary for such year, under subparagraph (B). For purposes of subparagraph
(A)and section 1353(b)(3), the Secretary shall determine the dollar amounts and the percentage to be specified under this subparagraph for a year in a manner to ensure that the total amount of expenditures under this part for such year is estimated to equal the total amount appropriated for such year under subsection
(a)if such expenditures were used solely for the purpose described in paragraph
(1)of section 1352(a) for attachment range claims at the dollar amounts and percentage so specified for such year. Funds allocated to a State under this subsection for a year shall remain available through the end of the subsequent year. .
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