,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #ccaa  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #ab1
 #bjaf ,mr4 ,sasse 7for himself1 ,mr4   
,portman1 ,mr4 ,cotton1 ,mr4 ,mc,cain1  
and ,mr4 ,vitter7 introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,finance 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,internal      
,revenue ,code of #aihf to exempt       
individuals whose health plans under the
 ,consumer ,operated and ,oriented ,plan
 program have been terminated from the  
individual mandate penalty4  #a4 ,short 
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,,co-,,op ,consumer ,protection ,act of 
#bjaf4  #b4 ,exemption of participants  
in terminated plans under ,consumer     
,operated and ,oriented ,plan program   
7a7 ,in general ,subsection 7e7 of      
section #ejjj;,a of the ,internal       
,revenue ,code of #aihf is amended by   
adding at the end the following new     
paragraph3  7#f7 ,participants in       
certain terminated ,consumer ,operated  

and ,oriented ,plan program plans ,any  
applicable individual1 if-- 7,a7 the    
individual was enrolled in a qualified  
health plan offered by a qualified      
nonprofit health insurance issuer 7as   
defined in subsection 7c7 of section    
#acbb of the ,patient ,protection and   
,affordable ,care ,act7 receiving funds 
through the ,consumer ,operated and     
,oriented ,plan program established     
under such section for such plan1 and   
7,b7 during any month while the         
individual was so enrolled1 such issuer 
terminated or otherwise discontinued    
providing all plans of the issuer in the
 area in which the individual resides1  
for such month and any subsequent month4
  4  7b7 ,effective date ,the amendment 
made by this section shall apply to     
months in taxable years beginning after 
,december #ca1 #bjac4