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117TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 145
To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to ensure that
preexisting condition exclusions with respect to enrollment in health
insurance coverage and group health plans continue to be prohibited.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 4, 2021
Mr. JOYCE of Ohio (for himself and Mr. GONZALEZ of Ohio) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
to ensure that preexisting condition exclusions with re-
spect to enrollment in health insurance coverage and
group health plans continue to be prohibited.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Continuing Coverage
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for Preexisting Conditions Act of 2021’’.
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SEC. 2. ENSURING THE PROHIBITION OF PREEXISTING
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CONDITION EXCLUSIONS WITH RESPECT TO
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ENROLLMENT IN HEALTH INSURANCE COV-
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ERAGE AND GROUP HEALTH PLANS.
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Part I of subtitle F of title I of the Patient Protection
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and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18091 et seq.) is
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amended by adding at the end the following section:
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‘‘SEC. 1503. SEVERABILITY.
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‘‘If subsection (a) of section 5000A of the Internal
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Revenue Code of 1986, as added by section 1501(b), is
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to any extent illegal, unconstitutional, otherwise invalid,
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or incapable of being enforced, the validity and enforce-
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ability of sections 2701 through 2705 of the Public Health
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Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg through 300gg–4), as added
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by section 1201, shall not be affected. Nothing in the pre-
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vious sentence shall be construed to affect the severability
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of any provision of this Act that is not specified in the
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previous sentence.’’.
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