Sec. 310. Grants for Exchange outreach, education, and enrollment assistance
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The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall carry out a program that awards grants to States that provide outreach and educational activities for purposes of informing individuals of the availability of coverage under qualified health plans offered through an Exchange and financial assistance for coverage under such plans (including the informing of eligible individuals of the availability of coverage under qualified health plans offered through an Exchange during the application process for unemployment compensation under State or Federal law). The outreach and educational activities described in subparagraph
(A)shall be provided in a manner that is culturally and linguistically appropriate to the needs of the populations being served by the Exchange (including hard-to-reach populations, such as racial and sexual minorities, limited English proficient populations, and young adults). To be eligible to receive a grant under this paragraph, a State shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require. No funds appropriated under paragraph (4)(A) shall be used for expenditures for promoting non-ACA compliant health insurance coverage. Each grant under this paragraph shall be for a 1-year period that begins on the date of the enactment of this Act (which may be renewed for a 1-year period by the Secretary of Health and Human Services). The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall determine the amount of each grant under this paragraph. Each grant under this paragraph shall be for an amount that is at least $500,000 for each 1-year period, and if applicable, at least $500,000 for any 1-year period of renewal. The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall award grants to Exchanges described in subparagraph
(D)for purposes of facilitating the enrollment of individuals in qualified health plans offered through such Exchanges. Funds made available under a grant made under subparagraph
(A)may only be used by such Exchanges to carry out the navigator program described in subsection (i)(1) of such section 1311. To be eligible to receive a grant under this paragraph, for purposes of carrying out subparagraph (A), an Exchange described in subparagraph
(D)shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require. For purposes of this paragraph, an Exchange described in this subparagraph is an Exchange that a State establishes and operates pursuant to section 1311(b)(1) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( 42 U.S.C. 18031(b)(1) ). There are appropriated for each of fiscal years 2021 and 2022, to remain available through fiscal year 2023— $100,000,000 to carry out paragraph (1)(A); and $100,000,000— to carry out paragraph (2)(A); and to carry out the navigator program described in section 1311(i) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( 42 U.S.C. 18031(i) ) for Exchanges operated by the Secretary pursuant to section 1321(c)(1) of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 18041(c)(1) )). In this subsection: The term eligible individual means, with respect to an Exchange, an individual who is otherwise eligible to enroll through such Exchange. The term Exchange means an American Health Benefit Exchange established under section 1311 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( 42 U.S.C. 18031 ). The term non-ACA compliant health insurance coverage means health insurance coverage, or a group health plan, that is not a qualified health plan. Such term includes the following: An association health plan. Short-term limited duration insurance. The term qualified health plan has the meaning given such term in section 1301(a)(1) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( 42 U.S.C. 18021(a)(1) ). The Secretary of Health and Human Services may implement the provisions of this section through subregulatory guidance, program instruction, or otherwise.
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Grants for Exchange outreach, education, and enrollment assistance
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