IB Union Calendar No. 579 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 3439 [Report No. 116–696, Part I] To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and title XI of the Social Security Act to extend appropriations and transfers to the Patient- Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund and to extend certain health insurance fees for such transfers, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JUNE 24, 2019 Mr. BEYER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris- diction of the committee concerned DECEMBER 24, 2020 Reported from the Committee on Ways and Means with an amendment [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] DECEMBER 24, 2020 Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 24, 2019)] VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:11 Dec 26, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H3439.RH H3439 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 3439 RH A BILL To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and title XI of the Social Security Act to extend appropriations and transfers to the Patient-Centered Outcomes Re- search Trust Fund and to extend certain health insur- ance fees for such transfers, and for other purposes. VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:11 Dec 26, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H3439.RH H3439 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 3439 RH 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 ‘‘Protecting Access To 4 Information for Effective & Necessary Treatment and Serv- 5 ices Act’’ or the ‘‘PATIENTS Act’’. 6 SEC. 2. EXTENDING APPROPRIATIONS AND TRANSFERS TO 7 THE PATIENT-CENTERED OUTCOMES RE- 8 SEARCH TRUST FUND; EXTENSION OF CER- 9 TAIN HEALTH INSURANCE FEES. 10 (a) IN GENERAL.— 11 (1) INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.—Section 9511 of 12 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— 13 (A) in subsection (b)(1)(E), by striking 14 ‘‘2014’’ and all that follows through ‘‘2019’’ and 15 inserting ‘‘2014 through 2026’’; 16 (B) in subsection (d)(2)(A), by striking 17 ‘‘2019’’ and inserting ‘‘2026’’; and 18 (C) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘2019’’ 19 and inserting ‘‘2026’’. 20 (2) TITLE XI OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT.— 21 Section 1183(a)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 22 U.S.C. 1320e–2(a)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘2014’’ 23 and all that follows through ‘‘2019’’ and inserting 24 ‘‘2014 through 2026’’. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:11 Dec 26, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H3439.RH H3439 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 3439 RH (b) EXTENSION OF CERTAIN HEALTH INSURANCE 1 FEES.— 2 (1) HEALTH INSURANCE POLICIES.—Section 3 4375(e) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 4 amended by striking ‘‘2019’’ and inserting ‘‘2026’’. 5 (2) SELF-INSURED HEALTH PLANS.—Section 6 4376(e) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 7 amended by striking ‘‘2019’’ and inserting ‘‘2026’’. 8 (c) PCORI RESEARCH PRIORITIES.—Section 9 1181(d)(1)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 10 1320e(d)(1)(A)) is amended by adding at the end the fol- 11 lowing new sentence: ‘‘Such national priorities shall in- 12 clude research with respect to substance use (including 13 opioid use disorders), mental health, and maternal mor- 14 bidity and mortality.’’. 15 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:11 Dec 26, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H3439.RH H3439 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:11 Dec 26, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H3439.RH H3439 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS Union Calendar No. 579 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 3439 [Report No. 116–696, Part I] A BILL To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and title XI of the Social Security Act to extend ap- propriations and transfers to the Patient-Cen- tered Outcomes Research Trust Fund and to ex- tend certain health insurance fees for such trans- fers, and for other purposes. DECEMBER 24, 2020 Reported from the Committee on Ways and Means with an amendment DECEMBER 24, 2020 Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged; com- mitted to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:11 Dec 26, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6651 Sfmt 6651 E:\BILLS\H3439.RH H3439 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS