,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cei  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #d1       
#bjae,mr4 ,cassidy 7for himself and ,mr4
 ,rubio7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,health1 ,education1     
,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
amend title ,i of the ,patient          
,protection and ,affordable ,care ,act  
to impose restrictions on the risk      
corridor program1 and for other         
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,taxpayer ,bailout  
,protection ,act4  #b4 ,restrictions on 
,,ppaca risk corridor program ,section  
#acdb7;b7 of the ,patient ,protection   
and ,affordable ,care ,act 7#db         
,u4,s4,c4 #ahjfb7;b77 is amended--  7#a7
 in paragraph 7#a71 by striking ,the    
,secretary and inserting ,subject to    
paragraph 7#c71 the ,secretary2 and     
7#b7 by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph3  7#c7 ,safeguard to      
protect taxpayers  7,a7 ,in general ,the

 ,secretary shall ensure that the amount
 of payments to plans under paragraph   
7#a7 for a plan year beginning during   
calendar year #bjad1 #bjae1 or #bjaf    
does not exceed the amount of payments  
to the ,secretary under paragraph 7#b7  
for such plan year4  7,b7 ,adjustment to
 protect taxpayers ,the ,secretary shall
 proportionately decrease the amount of 
payments to plans under paragraph 7#a7  
in order to ensure that the requirement 
of subparagraph 7,a7 is satisfied each  
year4  4