H.R. 1886: To amend section 1341 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to repeal the funding mechanism for the transitional reinsurance program in the individual market, and for other purposes.

H.R. 1886: To amend section 1341 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to repeal the funding mechanism for the transitional reinsurance program in the individual market, and for other purposes.

114th Congress · introduced 2015-04-16 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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Where it came from: introduced 2015-04-16 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Tiberi, Patrick J. [R-OH-12] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

To amend section 1341 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to repeal the funding mechanism for the transitional reinsurance program in the individual market, and for other purposes.

Plain summary

This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to eliminate the funding mechanism for the transitional reinsurance program. Currently, issuers of individual, group, and self-funded plans are required to pay a fee in 2014, 2015, and 2016 to fund the three-year transitional reinsurance program. Under the transitional reinsurance program, non-grandfathered individual market plans that enroll high-cost individuals are eligible for reinsurance payments. This bill eliminates the requirement for issuers to pay a fee in 2015 and 2016. Instead, it authorizes appropriations for the program. This bill also requires the Government Accountability Office to audit 2014 expenditures under the transitional reinsurance program.

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Official text

To amend section 1341 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to repeal the funding mechanism for the transitional reinsurance program in the individual market, and for other purposes.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Tiberi, Patrick J. [R-OH-12] · 36 cosponsors

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Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), David P. Joyce (R-OH), Michael R. Turner (R-OH), Scott H. Peters (D-CA), Todd Young (R-IN), David G. Valadao (R-CA), Mark E. Amodei (R-NV), Sam Graves (R-MO), Rick W. Allen (R-GA), Kevin Cramer (R-ND)

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Appropriation: Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
Bill: A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114hr1886.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/hr>

Record fed-us-cong114-hr1886 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114