,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ceb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #h1         
#bjai,mr4 ,yoho 7for himself1 ,mr4      
,weber of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,babin1 ,mr4     
,des,jarlais1 and ,mr4 ,gibbs7          
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,energy  
and ,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to remove    
penalties for health insurers under the 
,patient ,protection and ,affordable    
,care ,act and ,health ,care and        
,education ,reconciliation ,act of      
#bjaj4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may 
be cited as the ,holding ,health        
,insurers ,harmless ,act4  #b4 ,safe    
,harbor for ,private ,sector ,health    
,insurance ,providers from ,,aca        
,penalties  7a7 ,in general ,subject to 
subsection 7b71 no health insurance     
issuer offering health insurance        
coverage nor sponsor of a group health  
plan shall be penalized1 fined1 or      
otherwise punished by any agency or     
instrumentality of the ,united ,states  

,government for a failure of such       
coverage or plan to comply with any of  
the applicable requirements under the   
,patient ,protection and ,affordable    
,care ,act and the ,health ,care and    
,education ,reconciliation ,act of #bjaj
 7including under the amendments made by
 such ,acts74  7b7 ,exception           
,subsection 7a7 shall not apply with    
respect to the requirements under       
section #bgjd and section #bgad of the  
,public ,health ,service ,act 7#db      
,u4,s4,c4 #cjj;gg-#c and #cjj;gg-#ad71  
including the regulations promulgated   
pursuant to such sections4  7c7         
,definitions ,for purposes of this      
section3 7#a7 ,the term agency or       
instrumentality means any department or 
independent agency of the ,united       
,states ,government that is tasked with 
enforcing applicable requirements of the
 ,patient ,protection and ,affordable   
,care ,act and the ,health ,care and    
,education ,reconciliation ,act of      
#bjaj4  7#b7 ,the terms health insurance

 issuer offering health insurance       
coverage and sponsor of a group health  
plan shall be construed as consistent   
with use of such terms for purposes of  
the ,patient ,protection and ,affordable
 ,care ,act1 and shall include any sole 
proprietorship1 partnership1 for-profit 
corporation1 nonprofit corporation1 or  
any other nongovernmental entity that   
engages in the sale or distribution of  
health insurance products4