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116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 6545
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an age rating
adjustment to the applicable percentage used to determine the credit
for coverage under qualified health plans.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 17, 2020
Mrs. MURPHY of Florida (for herself, Ms. SHALALA, and Mr. SOTO) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways
and Means
A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide
an age rating adjustment to the applicable percentage
used to determine the credit for coverage under qualified
health plans.
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 Insurance Mar-
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ketplace Affordability Act of 2020’’.
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SEC. 2. AGE RATING ADJUSTMENT TO APPLICABLE PER-
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CENTAGE USED TO DETERMINE THE CREDIT
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FOR COVERAGE UNDER QUALIFIED HEALTH
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PLANS.
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(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 36B(b)(3)(A) of the In-
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ternal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the
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end the following new clause:
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‘‘(iii) AGE
RATING
ADJUSTMENT.—
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For purposes of this subparagraph—
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‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—The applica-
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ble percentage otherwise determined
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under clause (i) shall be multiplied by
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the age adjustment value determined
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under subclause (II).
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‘‘(II)
AGE
ADJUSTMENT
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VALUE.—The age adjustment value
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for any taxpayer is the average of the
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age rate adjustments for all individ-
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uals which have coverage described in
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paragraph (2)(A) with respect to the
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taxpayer, divided by the maximum age
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rate adjustment allowed under section
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2701(a)(1)(A)(iii)
of
the
Public
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Health Service Act.
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‘‘(III)
AGE
RATE
ADJUST-
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MENT.—The age rate adjustment for
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any individual shall be determined
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using a single national age rating
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curve which shall be specified in guid-
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ance by the Secretary of Health and
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Human Services and shall reflect mar-
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ket patterns in the individual market
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in
accordance
with
section
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2701(a)(1)(A)(iii)
of
the
Public
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Health Service Act.’’.
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
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this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after
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the date on which the single national age rating curve re-
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ferred to in section 36B(b)(3)(A)(iii)(III) of the Internal
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Revenue Code of 1986 (as added by this section) is speci-
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fied by the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
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