Easy Enrollment Act of 2019

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 4336 To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to align open enrollment periods for Exchange plans with the deadline for filing Fed- eral income tax returns, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SEPTEMBER 16, 2019 Mr. BERA (for himself, Mr. PETERS, and Mr. AGUILAR) 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 align open enrollment periods for Exchange plans with the deadline for filing Federal income tax returns, and for other purposes. 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 ‘‘Easy Enrollment Act 4 of 2019’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:43 Sep 16, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4336.IH H4336 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 4336 IH SEC. 2. ALIGNING OPEN ENROLLMENT PERIODS FOR EX- 1 CHANGE PLANS WITH DEADLINE FOR FILING 2 FEDERAL INCOME TAX RETURNS. 3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (B) of section 4 1311(c)(6) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care 5 Act (42 U.S.C. 18031(c)(6)) is amended to read as fol- 6 lows: 7 ‘‘(B) annual open enrollment periods— 8 ‘‘(i) for calendar years after the initial 9 enrollment period and before 2021, as de- 10 termined by the Secretary; and 11 ‘‘(ii) for 2021 and subsequent cal- 12 endar years, that begin on a date specified 13 by the Secretary and end on April 15 of 14 each such calendar year;’’. 15 (b) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 180 days after 16 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 17 Health and Human Services shall promulgate regulations 18 to carry out the amendment made by subsection (a). 19 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:43 Sep 16, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H4336.IH H4336 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS