,i  #aaf? ,,congress  #a/ ,session  ,h4 
,r4 #dcgi  ,,9 ,,! ,,h\se ,,(           
,,repres5tatives  ,septemb] #ah1        
#bjai,mrs4 ,axne 7= h]self1 ,ms4 ,/ev5s1
 ,ms4 ,muc>sel-,p[ell1 ,mrs4 ,lee (     
,nevada1 ,ms4 ,wild1 ,ms4 ,f9k5au]1 ,ms4
 ,torres ,small ( ,new ,mexico1 & ,ms4  
,h\lahan7 introduc$ ! foll[+ bill2 :i* 0
 ref]r$ to ! ,committee on ,en]gy &     
,comm]ce  ,a ,,bill  ,to am5d ! ,pati5t 
,protection & ,af=dable ,c>e ,act to    
require qualifi$ heal? plans to h 9     
place a process to remove f publicly    
accessible provid] directories ( su*    
plans provid]s t are no long] )9 !      
network ( su* plans1 & = o!r purposes4  
#a4 ,%ort title ,?is ,act may be cit$ z 
! ,"u ,p]=m+ ,directories t ,affect     
,treat+ ,em]g5cies ,act or ! ,,update   
,act4  #b4 ,requirem5t = qualifi$ heal? 
plans to h 9 place a process to remove f
 publicly accessible provid] directories
 ( su* plans provid]s t are no long] )9 
! network ( su* plans  7a7 ,9 g5]al     
,section #acaa7;c7 ( ! ,pati5t          

,protection & ,af=dable ,c>e ,act 7#db  
,u4,s4,c4 #ahjca7;c77 is am5d$--  7#a7 9
 p>agraph 7#a77;,b7-- 7,a7 by /rik+ &   
provide & ins]t+ 1 provide2 &  7,b7 by  
ins]t+ be=e ! semicolon at ! end !      
foll[+3 1 & h 9 place ! process describ$
 9 p>agraph 7#g7 to remove f any        
publicly accessible provid] directory ( 
su* plan provid]s t are no long] )9 !   
network ( su* plan2 &  7#b7 by add+ at !
 end ! foll[+ new p>agraph3  7#g7       
,process to remove f publicly accessible
 provid] directories provid]s t are no  
long] 9-,network ,= purposes ( p>agraph 
7#a77;,b71 ! process describ$ 9 ?is     
p>agraph1 ) respect to a qualifi$ heal? 
plan1 is a process ?r\gh :i* su* plan   
does ! foll[+ ) respect to ea* provid]  
li/$ 9 a publicly accessible provid]    
directory ( su* plan t does n submit any
 claims to su* plan = at lea/ a six-mon?
 p]iod 9 a cal5d> ye>3  7,a7 ,s5ds an   
inquiry to su* provid] requir+ su*      
provid] to v]ify1 n lat] ?an ! date t is
 #cj days aft] su* plan s5ds su*        

inquiry1 :e!r su* provid] is /ill a     
provid] )9 ! network ( su* plan4  7,b7  
,9 ! case t su* plan-- 7i7 receives a   
response to su* inquiry by ! date       
describ$ 9 subp>agraph 7,a7 t su*       
provid] is no long] a provid] )9 !      
network ( su* plan1 removes su* provid] 
f su* publicly accessible provid]       
directory2 or  7ii7 does n receive any  
response to su* inquiry by su* date--   
7,i7 s5ds a subsequ5t inquiry describ$ 9
 su* subp>agraph to su* provid]2 &      
7,,ii7 removes su* provid] f su*        
publicly accessible provid] directory if
 su* provid] ei!r submits to su* plan1 n
 lat] ?an ! date t is #cj days aft] su* 
plan s5ds su* subsequ5t inquiry1 a      
response describ$ 9 clause 7i71 or does 
n respond to su* subsequ5t inquiry by   
su* date4  4  7b7 ,effective date ,!    
am5dm5ts made by subsection 7a7 %all    
apply ) respect to plan ye>s beg9n+ on  
or aft] ,janu>y #a1 #bjba4