,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #afic  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,november #ac1 
#bjac,mrs4 ,shaheen 7for herself1 ,mr4  
,udall of ,colorado1 ,ms4 ,landrieu1    
,mr4 ,merkley1 and ,mrs4 ,feinstein7    
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,finance  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
amend the ,patient ,protection and      
,affordable ,care ,act to extend the    
initial open enrollment period4  #a4    
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,,aca ,enrollment ,extension ,act4  
#b4 ,extension of open enrollment period
  7a7 ,extension ,section               
#acaa7;c77#f77;,a7 of the ,patient      
,protection and ,affordable ,care ,act  
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #ahjca7;c77#f77;,a77 is  
amended to read as follows3  7,a7 an    
initial open enrollment period1 to close
 on a date determined appropriate by the
 ,secretary of ,health and ,human       
,services1 and which shall be the later 
of-- 7i7 ,may #ca1 #bjad2 or  7ii7 a    

later date determined by the ,secretary 
after considering the progress made on  
improving the functionality of the      
,federally-facilitated health insurance 
marketplace and related factors2  4  7b7
 ,extension for other plans ,section    
#bgjb7;b7 of the ,public ,health        
,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4            
#cjj;gg-#a7;b77 is amended by adding at 
the end the following3  7#d7 ,initial   
open enrollment period ,a health        
insurance issuer described in subsection
 7a7 that provides health insurance     
coverage in the individual market shall 
provide for an initial open enrollment  
or special enrollment period applicable 
to such coverage that begins on the     
effective date of this section and ends 
on the date determined by the ,secretary
 of ,health and ,human ,services under  
section #acaa7;c77#f77;,a7 of the       
,patient ,protection and ,affordable    
,care ,act4  4  7c7 ,nonapplication of  
penalty ,section #ejjj;,a7c7 of the     
,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf is    

amended by adding at the end the        
following3  7,e7 ,application to #bjad  
,for purposes of imposing a penalty     
under this section for taxable year     
#bjad1 the amount of the penalty to be  
imposed shall not include any month     
ending prior to the closing date        
determined by the ,secretary of ,health 
and ,human ,services under section      
#acaa7;c77#f77;,a7 of the ,patient      
,protection and ,affordable ,care ,act4 
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