,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ch  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the 
,,united ,,states  ,january #g1 #bjae   
,mr4 ,thune 7for himself1 ,ms4 ,ayotte1 
,mr4 ,roberts1 ,mr4 ,grassley1 ,mr4     
,inhofe1 ,mr4 ,isakson1 ,mrs4 ,fischer1 
and ,mr4 ,blunt7 introduced the         
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,finance 
,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