MORE Health Education Act

II 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 455 To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide for Federal Exchange outreach and educational activities. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES FEBRUARY 12, 2019 Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Mr. PETERS, and Mr. KAINE) introduced the fol- lowing bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 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 2019’’ or the ‘‘MORE Health Education Act’’. 6 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:14 Feb 22, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S455.IS S455 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •S 455 IS SEC. 2. FEDERAL EXCHANGE OUTREACH AND EDUCATION- 1 AL 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 may 25 be used for expenditures for promoting health 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:14 Feb 22, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S455.IS S455 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •S 455 IS insurance coverage that does not meet Federal 1 patient protection standards, as defined in sub- 2 paragraph (C). 3 ‘‘(C) FEDERAL PATIENT PROTECTION 4 STANDARDS.—For purposes of subparagraph 5 (B), ‘health insurance coverage that does not 6 meet Federal patient protection standards’ 7 means any health insurance coverage that is not 8 a qualified health plan, as defined in section 9 1301. Such coverage that does not meet Fed- 10 eral patient protection standards includes asso- 11 ciation health plans and short-term, limited-du- 12 ration insurance plans. 13 ‘‘(D) FUNDING.—Out of any funds in the 14 Treasury not otherwise appropriated, there are 15 hereby appropriated for fiscal year 2020 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 SEC. 3. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 21 The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 22 complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 23 shall be determined by reference to the latest statement 24 titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:14 Feb 22, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S455.IS S455 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 4 •S 455 IS Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 1 by the Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, pro- 2 vided that such statement has been submitted prior to the 3 vote on passage. 4 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:14 Feb 22, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S455.IS S455 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS