,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ecba  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #ca1 #bjad ,mr4
 ,benishek introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce  ,a 
,,bill  ,to amend the ,public ,health   
,service ,act to limit rescissions of   
coverage under health plans in the      
individual and group market1 contingent 
on the enactment of legislation         
repealing the ,patient ,protection and  
,affordable ,care ,act1 and for other   
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,protecting         
,insurance ,coverage for ,sick          
,americans ,act of #bjad4  #b4          
,prohibition on rescissions  7a7 ,group 
market ,subpart #a of part ,a of title  
,,xxvii of the ,public ,health ,service 
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #cjj;gg et seq47 is 
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  #bgjc4 ,prohibition on      
rescissions ,a group health plan and a  
health insurance issuer offering group  

health insurance coverage shall not     
rescind such plan or coverage with      
respect to an enrollee once the enrollee
 is covered under such plan or coverage 
involved1 except that this section shall
 not apply to a covered individual who  
has performed an act or practice that   
constitutes fraud or makes an           
intentional misrepresentation of        
material fact as prohibited by the terms
 of the plan or coverage4 ,such plan or 
coverage may not be cancelled except    
with prior notice to the enrollee1 and  
only as permitted under section         
#bgab7;b74  4  7b7 ,individual market   
,subpart #a of part ,b of title ,,xxvii 
of the ,public ,health ,service ,act    
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #cjj;gg-#da et seq47 is  
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  #bgdg4 ,prohibition on      
rescissions ,the provisions of section  
#bgjc shall apply to health insurance   
coverage offered to individuals by a    
health insurance issuer in the          
individual market in the same manner as 

it applies to health insurance coverage 
offered by a health insurance issuer in 
the group market4  4  7c7 ,effective    
date contingent on repeal of ,,ppaca    
7#a7 ,in general ,subsections 7a7 and   
7b7 and the amendments made by such     
subsections shall take effect upon the  
enactment of ,,ppaca repeal legislation 
described in paragraph 7#b7 and such    
subsections and amendments shall have no
 force or effect if such ,,ppaca repeal 
legislation is not enacted4  7#b7       
,,ppaca repeal legislation described    
,for purposes of paragraph 7#a71 ,,ppaca
 repeal legislation described in this   
paragraph is legislation that--  7,a7   
repeals ,public ,law #aaa-adh1 and      
restores or revives the provisions of   
law amended or repealed1 respectively1  
by such ,act as if such ,act had not    
been enacted and without further        
amendment to such provisions of law2 and
  7,b7 repeals title ,i and subtitle ,b 
of title ,,ii of the ,health ,care and  
,education ,reconciliation ,act of #bjaj

 7,public ,law #aaa-aeb71 and restores  
or revives the provisions of law amended
 or repealed1 respectively1 by such     
title or subtitle1 respectively1 as if  
such title and subtitle had not been    
enacted and without further amendment to
 such provisions of law4