,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gaj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #bg1        
#bjag,mr4 ,flores introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,ways and ,means  ,a  
,,bill  ,to amend the ,patient          
,protection and ,affordable ,care ,act  
to better align the grace period        
required for non-payment of premiums    
before discontinuing coverage under     
qualified health plans with such grace  
periods provided for under ,state law4  
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,health ,coverage ,state        
,flexibility ,act of #bjag4  #b4        
,aligning qualified health plan grace   
period requirements with ,state law     
grace period requirements ,section      
#adab7;c77#b7 of the ,patient           
,protection and ,affordable ,care ,act  
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #ahjhb7;c77#b77 is       
amended--  7#a7 in subparagraph         
7,b77iv77,,ii71 by striking a #c-month  
grace period and inserting a grace      

period specified in subparagraph 7,c72  
and  7#b7 by adding at the end the      
following new subparagraph3  7,c7 ,grace
 period specified ,for purposes of      
subparagraph 7,b77iv77,,ii71 the grace  
period specified in this subparagraph   
is-- 7i7 for plan years beginning before
 ,january #a1 #bjah1 a #c-month grace   
period2 and  7ii7 for plan years        
beginning during #bjah or a subsequent  
year1 such grace period for non-payment 
of premiums before discontinuing        
coverage as is applicable under the     
,state law of the ,state in which the   
,exchange operates to health insurance  
coverage offered in the individual      
market 7or1 in the case such a ,state   
law is not in place for the ,state      
involved1 a #a-month grace period74  4