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H.R. 3376: Fairness for Lost Coverage Act of 2013

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H.R. 3376: Fairness for Lost Coverage Act of 2013

113th Congress · introduced 2013-10-29 · Taxation · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2013-10-29 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Long, Billy [R-MO-7] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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What does this mean?

Official title

Fairness for Lost Coverage Act of 2013

Plain summary

Fairness for Lost Coverage Act of 2013 - Prohibits any of the 12 months beginning with the first month of an applicable individual's loss of health insurance coverage from being taken into account in applying the Internal Revenue Code requirement to maintain minimum essential coverage. Defines "applicable individual" as an individual who: (1) has coverage (whether as a principal or a dependent of another individual) under an employer-sponsored health plan or individual health insurance coverage for the last month of a plan year beginning during 2013, and (2) loses such coverage beginning with the first month of the subsequent plan year because of the plan's or coverage's termination and not because of any termination or change of the individual's employment, the individual's failure to pay premiums, or any other reasons within the individual's control.

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Official text

Fairness for Lost Coverage Act of 2013

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Long, Billy [R-MO-7] · 6 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Ken Calvert (R-CA)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong113-hr3376 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113