#aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4   
,r4 #cebb  ,,an ,,act  ,to authorize    
health insurance issuers to continue to 
offer for sale current group health     
insurance coverage in satisfaction of   
the minimum essential health insurance  
coverage requirement1 and for other     
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,employee ,health   
,care ,protection ,act of #bjad4  #b4   
,if you like your group health insurance
 plan1 you can keep it  7a7 ,in general 
,notwithstanding any provision of the   
,patient ,protection and ,affordable    
,care ,act 7including any amendment made
 by such ,act or by the ,health ,care   
and ,education ,reconciliation ,act of  
#bjaj71 a health insurance issuer that  
has in effect health insurance coverage 
in the group market on any date during  
#bjac may after such date offer such    
coverage for sale through ,december #ca1
 #bjah1 in such market outside of an    
,exchange established under section     
#acaa or #acba of such ,act 7#db        

,u4,s4,c4 #ahjca1 #ahjda74 ,a group     
health plan shall not be treated as not 
complying with the requirements of such 
,act 7or the amendments made by such    
,acts7 insofar as it provides health    
benefits through health insurance       
coverage that is permitted under the    
previous sentence4  7b7 ,treatment as   
grandfathered health plan in            
satisfaction of minimum essential       
coverage ,health insurance coverage     
described in subsection 7a7 shall be    
treated as a grandfathered health plan  
for purposes of the amendment made by   
section #aeja7;b7 of the ,patient       
,protection and ,affordable ,care ,act4 
7c7 ,construction ,nothing in this      
section shall be construed as affecting 
the authority of ,states with respect to
 the regulation of health insurance     
coverage in the group market4  ,passed  
the ,house of ,representatives          
,september #aa1 #bjad4;,clerk4