,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ccgf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #bi1 #bjac  
,mr4 ,long 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,meehan1  
,mr4 ,calvert1 and ,mr4 ,bachus7        
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,ways and
 ,means  ,a ,,bill  ,to provide a       
#ab-month exemption from the health     
insurance mandate for individuals whose 
employer-sponsored health plan coverage 
or individual health insurance coverage 
is terminated for a plan year beginning 
during #bjad1 and for other purposes4   
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,fairness for ,lost ,coverage   
,act of #bjac4  #b4 #ab-month exemption 
from ,,aca mandate for individuals who  
lose health plan or insurance coverage  
for the plan year beginning during #bjad
  7a7 ,in general ,notwithstanding any  
other provision of law1 in the case of  
an applicable individual 7as defined in 
subsection 7b771 none of the #ab months 
beginning with the first month of the   

loss of coverage described in subsection
 7b77#b7 shall be taken into account in 
applying section #ejjj;,a of the        
,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf4  7b7 
,applicable individual defined ,in      
subsection 7a71 the term applicable     
individual means an individual who--    
7#a7 has coverage 7whether as a         
principal or dependent of another       
individual7 under an employer-sponsored 
health plan or individual health        
insurance coverage for the last month of
 a plan year beginning during #bjac2 and
  7#b7 loses such coverage beginning    
with the first month of the subsequent  
plan year because of the termination of 
such plan or insurance coverage and not 
because of the termination or change of 
employment of the individual or the     
individual's failure to pay premiums or 
other reasons within the control of the 
individual4