,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dfcc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #i1 #bjad ,mr4  
,griffith of ,virginia introduced the   
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title ,,xxvii of   
the ,public ,health ,service ,act to    
require certain health insurance premium
 increase information submitted to the  
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services be disclosed to ,congress4    
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,insurance ,rate ,transparency  
,act4  #b4 ,disclosure to ,congress of  
certain health insurance premium        
increase information ,section #bgid7;b7 
of the ,public ,health ,service ,act    
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #cjj;gg-#id7;b77 is      
amended by adding at the end the        
following new paragraph3  7#c7 ,reports 
to ,congress ,in the case of any        
information 7including justification7   
relating to premium increases that is   
submitted for the #bjae plan year or a  

subsequent plan year to the ,secretary  
pursuant to subsection 7a7 or this      
subsection1 not later than #cj days     
after the date of receipt of such       
information 7or1 in the case of         
information submitted before the date of
 the enactment of this paragraph for the
 plan year #bjae1 not later than #cj    
days after such date of enactment71 the 
,secretary shall submit to the          
,committees on ,energy and ,commerce and
 on ,ways and ,means of the ,house of   
,representatives and the ,committees on 
,finance and on ,health1 ,education1    
,labor1 and ,pensions of the ,senate a  
report containing such information      
presented according to the following    
categories of health care consumers3    
7,a7 ,a category representing self-only 
coverage for a single1 nonsmoking male  
who is #cj years of age4  7,b7 ,a       
category representing self-only coverage
 for a single1 smoking male who is #cj  
years of age4  7,c7 ,a category         
representing self-only coverage for a   

single1 nonsmoking female who is #cj    
years of age4  7,d7 ,a category         
representing self-only coverage for a   
single1 smoking female who is #cj years 
of age4  7,e7 ,a category representing  
family coverage for a family of four1   
including two parents who are each #dj  
years of age4  7,f7 ,a category         
representing family coverage for a      
couple consisting of two individuals who
 are each #ee years of age4  4