,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ffa  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #bd1        
#bjag,mr4 ,guthrie 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 offer for sale     
previously available health insurance   
coverage in the small group market in   
satisfaction of the minimum essential   
health insurance coverage requirement1  
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,employee ,fairness and ,relief ,act of 
#bjag4  #b4 ,permitting continued       
offering of pre-,,aca health insurance  
coverage in the small group market  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 has in effect    
health insurance coverage in the small  
group market on any date during #bjac   
may offer such coverage for sale on or  
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act in such market outside of an       
,exchange established under section     
#acaa or #acba of such ,act 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #ahjca1 #ahjda74 ,such a group
 health plan shall not be treated as not
 complying with the requirements of such
 ,act 7or the amendments made by such   
,acts7 insofar as it provides health    
benefits through health insurance       
coverage that is permitted under the    
previous sentence4  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 ,construction ,nothing in this      
section shall be construed as affecting 
the authority of ,states with respect to
 the regulation of health insurance     
coverage in the small group market4  7d7
 ,small group market defined ,in this   
section1 the term small group market has
 the meaning given such term in section 
#bgia7;e77#e7 of the ,public ,health    
,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4            
#cjj;gg-#ia7;e77#e774