,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fcc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #bd1        
#bjag,mr4 ,harper introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce1
 and in addition to the ,committee on   
,ways and ,means1 for a period to be    
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to authorize health         
insurance issuers to continue to offer  
for sale health insurance coverage      
offered in the individual market before 
the enactment of the ,patient           
,protection and ,affordable ,care ,act  
in satisfaction of the minimum essential
 health insurance coverage requirement1 
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,patient ,fairness and ,relief ,act of  
#bjag4  #b4 ,extending option to        
continue pre-,,aca coverage  7a7 ,in    

general ,notwithstanding any provision  
of the ,patient ,protection and         
,affordable ,care ,act 7including any   
amendment made by such ,act or by the   
,health ,care and ,education            
,reconciliation ,act of #bjaj71 a health
 insurance issuer that had in effect    
health insurance coverage in the        
individual market as of ,january #a1    
#bjac1 and has continued such coverage  
through ,january #a1 #bjag1 under       
,,cciio guidance 7as defined in         
subsection 7c77 may renew and continue  
to offer such coverage for sale on and  
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act in the individual market outside of
 an ,exchange established under section 
#acaa or #acba of such ,act 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #ahjca1 #ahjda74  7b7         
,treatment as grandfathered health plan 
in satisfaction of minimum essential    
coverage ,health insurance coverage     
described in subsection 7a7 shall be    
treated as a grandfathered health plan  
for purposes of the amendment made by   

section #aeja7;b7 of the ,patient       
,protection and ,affordable ,care ,act4 
7c7 ,,cciio guidance defined ,in this   
section1 the term ,,cciio guidance means
 the letter issued by the ,centers for  
,medicare  ,medicaid ,services on       
,november #ad1 #bjac1 to the ,state     
,insurance ,commissioners outlining a   
transitional policy for                 
non-grandfathered coverage in the small 
group and individual health insurance   
markets1 as subsequently extended and   
modified 7including by a communication  
entitled ,insurance ,standards ,bulletin
 ,series--,,information--,extension of  
,transitional ,policy through ,calendar 
,year #bjag issued on ,february #bi1    
#bjaf1 by the ,director of the ,center  
for ,consumer ,information  ,insurance  
,oversight of such ,centers74