,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cgde  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #ab1       
#bjac,mrs4 ,kirkpatrick 7for herself1   
,mr4 ,van ,hollen1 ,ms4 ,michelle ,lujan
 ,grisham of ,new ,mexico1 ,ms4         
,shea-,porter1 ,mrs4 ,bustos1 ,mr4      
,barber1 ,mr4 ,israel1 ,mr4 ,george     
,miller of ,california1 ,mr4 ,waxman1   
and ,mr4 ,levin7 introduced the         
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce1
 and in addition to the ,committee on   
,ways and ,means1 for a period to be    
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to ensure that individuals  
who attempted to1 or who are enrolled   
in1 qualified health plans offered      
through an ,exchange have continuity of 
coverage1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,coverage ,protection ,act of #bjac4

  #b4 ,authority to provide timely      
coverage for individuals who were unable
 to enroll in a qualified health plan   
7a7 ,in general ,in the case of an      
individual who enrolls in a qualified   
health plan offered through an ,exchange
 established under title ,i of the      
,patient ,protection and ,affordable    
,care ,act 7,public ,law #aaa-adh7      
before ,february #a1 #bjad1 the         
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services may require that the issuer of
 the plan treat such individual as      
enrolled in such plan as of ,december   
#bc1 #bjac1 if the following conditions 
are met3 7#a7 ,attempted timely         
enrollment ,the individual submits1 not 
later than ,january #ca1 #bjad1 an      
attestation 7in such form and manner as 
the ,secretary may require7 that the    
individual-- 7,a7 made reasonable1      
good-faith attempts1 but was unable1 to 
successfully enroll in such a plan      
through an ,exchange before ,december   
#bc1 #bjac2 or  7,b7 was initially      

determined through an ,exchange to be   
eligible to enroll in a ,medicaid plan  
under title ,,xix of the ,social        
,security ,act but is not eligible to so
 enroll in such a ,medicaid plan and1   
because of such incorrect eligibility   
determination1 was subsequently unable  
to enroll in a qualified health plan    
before ,december #bc1 #bjac4  7#b7      
,payment of premiums ,the individual    
pays1 not later than ,january #ca1      
#bjad1 the amount of the applicable     
monthly premiums for the plan in which  
such individual enrolls for ,january and
 ,february of #bjad1 taking into account
 the amount of any premium assistance   
made available under section #cf;,b of  
the ,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf4  
7b7 ,application for purposes of premium
 assistance1 reduced cost-,sharing1 and 
individual responsibility ,coverage     
provided under a qualified health plan  
for ,january and ,february of #bjad     
under subsection 7a7 shall be counted as
 coverage under such a plan by or       

through an ,exchange for such months for
 all purposes1 including the following3 
7#a7 ,premium assistance ,section #cf;,b
 of the ,internal ,revenue ,code of     
#aihf4  7#b7 ,cost-sharing reductions   
,section #adjb of the ,patient          
,protection and ,affordable ,care ,act  
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #ahjga74  7#c7           
,individual responsibility requirement  
,section #ejjj;,a of the ,internal      
,revenue ,code of #aihf4  #c4           
,transitional use of receipt of         
insurance payment as alternative to     
health insurance card for ,exchange     
plans  7a7 ,in general ,the ,secretary  
of ,health and ,human ,services shall   
require a health insurance issuer that  
offers a qualified health plan through  
an ,exchange under title ,i of the      
,patient ,protection and ,affordable    
,care ,act 7,public ,law #aaa-adh7--    
7#a7 to allow in-network providers in   
such plan to treat1 for purposes of     
coverage under the plan1 a receipt of   
payment of premiums by an individual    

enrolled under the plan for ,january or 
,february #bjad who has not received a  
health insurance card from the issuer in
 the same manner as if such receipt were
 such a health insurance card issued to 
such individual by the issuer for       
services furnished during such month2   
and  7#b7 to notify such in-network     
providers of the policy under paragraph 
7#a74  7b7 ,rule of construction        
,nothing in this section shall be       
construed as precluding a health care   
provider from directly seeking to verify
 the status of the enrollment of an     
individual in a qualified health plan   
offered through an ,exchange by         
contacting the issuer of such plan4