,i  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ddj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #ba1 #bjae  
,mr4 ,boustany introduced the following 
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,ways and ,means  ,a      
,,bill  ,to ensure that long-term       
unemployed individuals are not taken    
into account for purposes of the        
employer health care coverage mandate4  
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,helping ,individuals ,regain   
,employment ,act4  #b4 ,long-term       
unemployed individuals not taken into   
account for employer health care        
coverage mandate  7a7 ,in general       
,paragraph 7#d7 of section #dihj;,h7c7  
of the ,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf
 is amended by adding at the end the    
following new subparagraph3  7,c7       
,exception for long-term unemployed     
individuals  7i7 ,in general ,the term  
full-time employee shall not include any
 individual who is a long-term          
unemployed individual with respect to   

such employer4  7ii7 ,long-term         
unemployed individual ,for purposes of  
this subparagraph1 the term long-term   
unemployed individual means1 with       
respect to any employer1 an individual  
who--  7,i7 begins employment with such 
employer after the date of the enactment
 of this subparagraph1 and  7,,ii7 has  
been unemployed for #bg weeks or longer1
 as determined by the ,secretary of     
,labor1 immediately before the date such
 employment begins4  4  7b7 ,effective  
date ,the amendment made by this section
 shall apply to months beginning after  
the date of enactment of this ,act4