,,ii #aacth ,,congress #b;d ,session ,s4 #bgja ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states ,july #cj1 #bjad ,mr4 ,vitter introduced the following bill2 which was read twice and referred to the ,committee on ,finance ,a ,,bill ,to require the ,secretary of ,health and ,human ,services to address certain inconsistencies between the self-attested information provided by an applicant in enrolling in a health plan on an ,exchange and being determined eligible for premium tax credits and cost-sharing reductions or in being determined to be eligible for enrollment in a ,state ,medicaid plan or a ,state child health plan under the ,state ,children's ,health ,insurance ,program and the data received through the ,federal ,data ,services ,hub or from other data sources4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,stopping ,illegal ,obamacare ,subsidies ,act4 #b4 ,limitation on auto-enrollment ,notwithstanding any other provision of law1 ,american ,health ,benefit ,exchanges shall not provide for automatic enrollment in health plans under such exchanges until the ,inspector ,general of the ,department of ,health and ,human ,services verifies that each ,state ,exchange established under section #acaa of the ,patient ,protection and ,affordable ,care ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #acjca7 and the ,federal ,exchange established under section #acba of such ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #ahjda7 has resolved the inconsistencies 7as defined in section #c7;a77 outlined in the ,june #bjad report of such ,inspector ,general4 #c4 ,process for applications with inconsistencies 7a7 ,in general ,the ,secretary of ,health and ,human ,services 7referred to in this section as the ,secretary7 shall make public the steps that the ,centers for ,medicare ,medicaid ,services and the ,federal ,exchange will take to clear any inconsistencies that arose on or before the date of enactment of this ,act and to ensure that the systems used by the ,centers for ,medicare ,medicaid ,services to determine or assess eligibility for premium tax credits1 cost-sharing reductions1 ,medicaid1 and the ,state ,children's ,health ,insurance ,program 7,,chip7 can resolve such inconsistencies not later than #cj days after the date of enactment of this ,act4 7b7 ,methods ,to monitor progress ,not later than #cj days after the date of enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary shall make public the methods that the ,centers for ,medicare ,medicaid ,services use to monitor1 track1 and measure the progress of the ,federal ,exchange and ,state ,exchanges in resolving inconsistencies4 7c7 ,suspension of financial assistance programs ,premium assistance tax credits under section #cf;,b of the ,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf and the reduced cost-sharing program under section #adjb of the ,patient ,protection and ,affordable ,care ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #ahjga7 shall not be available for plan year #bjae4 ,such premium tax credit and cost-sharing programs shall resume only after-- 7#a7 the ,commissioner of the ,social ,security ,administration affirmatively declares that all inconsistencies related to invalid social security numbers have been resolved2 and 7#b7 the ,inspector ,general of the ,department of ,health and ,human ,services determines that all inconsistencies1 as defined in section #d7a71 have been resolved4 7d7 ,requests for additional information 7#a7 ,in general ,if applicant information provided by an individual seeking to enroll in a qualified health plan on a ,state or ,federal ,exchange contains inconsistencies1 the ,secretary shall request additional information from the individual1 and the individual shall have #ij days to provide such information4 7#b7 ,restrictions during inconsistency period ,during the inconsistency period1 an individual may be enrolled in qualified health plan1 but may not participate in the premium assistance credit program under section #cf;,b of the ,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf or the reduced cost-sharing program under section #adjb of the ,patient ,protection and ,affordable ,care ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #ahjga74 ,an individual who cooperates with a request for additional information and whom the ,secretary later determines to be eligible for such programs1 shall retroactively receive the benefits of such programs that such individual was eligible to receive for the inconsistency period4 7#c7 ,failure to submit additional information ,if the applicant does not submit additional information requested under subparagraph 7,a7-- 7,a7 7i7 the applicant shall be withdrawn from the premium assistance credit program under section #cf;,b of the ,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf and the reduced cost-sharing program under section #adjb of the ,patient ,protection and ,affordable ,care ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #ahjga71 as applicable1 at the end of the inconsistency period2 and 7ii7 the ,secretary shall send notification of such disenrollment to the applicable health insurance issuer2 and 7,b7 the applicant shall re-enroll in a qualified health plan with appropriate and accurate information during the next open enrollment period4 #d4 ,definitions ,in this ,act-- 7#a7 the term inconsistencies means differences between the self-attested information provided by an applicant in enrolling in a health plan on an ,exchange and being determined eligible for premium tax credits and cost-sharing reductions or in being determined to be eligible for enrollment in a ,state ,medicaid plan or a ,state child health plan under the ,state ,children's ,health ,insurance ,program 7,,chip7 and the data received through the ,federal ,data ,services ,hub or from other data sources1 including differences with respect to-- 7,a7 citizenship2 7,b7 income2 7,c7 coverage under an eligible employer-sponsored plan2 7,d7 incarceration status2 or 7,e7 any other issue that would impact individual's eligibility for financial assistance programs under the ,patient ,protection and ,affordable ,care ,act 7including the amendments made by such ,act72 and 7#b7 the term inconsistency period means the #ij-;day period beginning on the date the notice of an inconsistency is sent to the applicant4