MORE Health Education Act

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 908 To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide for Federal Exchange outreach and educational activities. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FEBRUARY 8, 2021 Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER (for herself, Mr. CARBAJAL, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. RUSH, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, and Mr. COHEN) in- troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on En- ergy and Commerce A BILL To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide for Federal Exchange outreach and edu- cational activities. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Marketing and Out- 4 reach Restoration to Empower Health Education Act of 5 2021’’ or the ‘‘MORE Health Education Act’’. 6 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:35 Mar 04, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H908.IH H908 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 908 IH SEC. 2. FEDERAL EXCHANGE OUTREACH AND EDU- 1 CATIONAL ACTIVITIES. 2 Section 1321(c) of the Patient Protection and Afford- 3 able Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18041(c)) is amended by adding 4 at the end the following new paragraph: 5 ‘‘(3) OUTREACH AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVI- 6 TIES.— 7 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of an Ex- 8 change established or operated by the Secretary 9 within a State pursuant to this subsection, the 10 Secretary shall carry out outreach and edu- 11 cational activities for purposes of informing po- 12 tential enrollees in qualified health plans offered 13 through the Exchange of the availability of cov- 14 erage under such plans and financial assistance 15 for coverage under such plans. Such outreach 16 and educational activities shall be provided in a 17 manner that is culturally and linguistically ap- 18 propriate to the needs of the populations being 19 served by the Exchange (including hard-to- 20 reach populations, such as racial and sexual mi- 21 norities, limited English proficient populations, 22 and young adults). 23 ‘‘(B) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—No 24 funds appropriated under this paragraph shall 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:35 Mar 04, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H908.IH H908 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 908 IH be used for expenditures for promoting non- 1 ACA compliant health insurance coverage. 2 ‘‘(C) NON-ACA COMPLIANT HEALTH IN- 3 SURANCE COVERAGE.—For purposes of this 4 subparagraph (B): 5 ‘‘(i) The term ‘non-ACA compliant 6 health insurance coverage’ means health 7 insurance coverage, or a group health plan, 8 that is not a qualified health plan. 9 ‘‘(ii) Such term includes the following: 10 ‘‘(I) An association health plan. 11 ‘‘(II) Short-term limited duration 12 insurance. 13 ‘‘(D) FUNDING.—Out of any funds in the 14 Treasury not otherwise appropriated, there are 15 hereby appropriated for fiscal year 2022 and 16 each subsequent fiscal year, $100,000,000 to 17 carry out this paragraph. Funds appropriated 18 under this subparagraph shall remain available 19 until expended.’’. 20 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:35 Mar 04, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H908.IH H908 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS