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117TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 1796
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants
to eligible State agencies to promote State innovations to expand health
insurance coverage.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 11, 2021
Mr. BERA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to
award grants to eligible State agencies to promote State
innovations to expand health insurance coverage.
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 ‘‘Health Care Enroll-
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ment Innovation Act’’.
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SEC. 2. PROMOTING STATE INNOVATIONS TO EXPAND COV-
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ERAGE.
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(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (d), the Sec-
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retary of Health and Human Services shall award grants
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to eligible State agencies to enable such States to explore
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innovative solutions to promote greater enrollment in
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health insurance coverage in the individual and small
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group markets, including activities described in subsection
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(c).
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(b) ELIGIBILITY.—For purposes of subsection (a), el-
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igible State agencies are Exchanges established by a State
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under title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care
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Act (42 U.S.C. 18001 et seq.) and State agencies with
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primary responsibility over health and human services for
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the State involved.
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(c) USE OF FUNDS.—For purposes of subsection (a),
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the activities described in this subsection are the following:
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(1) State efforts to streamline health insurance
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enrollment procedures in order to reduce burdens on
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consumers and facilitate greater enrollment in health
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insurance coverage in the individual and small group
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markets, including automatic enrollment and re-
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enrollment of, or pre-populated applications for, in-
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dividuals without health insurance who are eligible
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for tax credits under section 36B of the Internal
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Revenue Code of 1986, with the ability to opt out
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of such enrollment.
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(2) State investment in technology to improve
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data sharing and collection for the purposes of facili-
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tating greater enrollment in health insurance cov-
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erage in such markets.
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(3) Implementation of a State version of an in-
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dividual mandate to be enrolled in health insurance
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coverage.
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(4) Feasibility studies to develop comprehensive
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and coherent State plan for increasing enrollment in
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the individual and small group market.
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(d) FUNDING.—For purposes of carrying out this
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section, there is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in
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the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $200,000,000
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for each of the fiscal years 2023 through 2025. Such
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amount shall remain available until expended.
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