,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ha  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of    
,,representatives  ,january #c1 #bjac   
,mrs4 ,christensen introduced the       
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend subtitle ,b of     
title ,i of the ,patient ,protection and
 ,affordable ,care ,act to extend the   
temporary high-risk insurance pool      
program to the territories4  #a4        
,inclusion of territories in temporary  
high-risk insurance pool program  7a7   
,in general ,section #aaja of the       
,patient ,protection and ,affordable    
,care ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #ahjja7 is    
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  7h7 ,state defined          
,notwithstanding section #acjd7;d71 for 
purposes of this section the term ,state
 means each of the #ej ,states1 the     
,district of ,columbia1 ,american       
,samoa1 ,guam1 the ,commonwealth of the 
,northern ,mariana ,islands1 the        
,commonwealth of ,puerto ,rico1 the     

,virgin ,islands of the ,united ,states1
 and any other territory or possession  
of the ,united ,states4  4  7b7         
,conforming amendment ,section #acjd7;d7
 of the ,patient ,protection and        
,affordable ,care ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#ahjbd7;d77 is amended by inserting     
7except for purposes of section #aaja7  
after ,in this title4