,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #aice  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #bj1     
#bjai,mr4 ,brown 7for himself1 ,ms4     
,cortez ,masto1 ,mr4 ,casey1 ,ms4       
,smith1 ,ms4 ,baldwin1 ,mr4 ,blumenthal1
 ,mr4 ,booker1 ,mr4 ,coons1 ,mr4        
,heinrich1 ,mr4 ,kaine1 ,mr4 ,king1 ,ms4
 ,klobuchar1 ,mr4 ,leahy1 ,mr4 ,markey1 
,mr4 ,merkley1 ,mr4 ,reed1 ,ms4 ,rosen1 
,mr4 ,sanders1 ,mrs4 ,shaheen1 ,ms4     
,stabenow1 and ,mr4 ,udall7 introduced  
the following bill2 which was read twice
 and referred to the ,committee on      
,finance  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the      
,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf to    
ensure that working families have access
 to affordable health insurance         
coverage4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,family ,coverage   
,act4  #b4 ,sense of ,congress          
,notwithstanding the amendments made by 
section #c1 it is the sense of ,congress
 that the ,secretary of ,health and     
,human ,services and the ,secretary of  

the ,treasury1 within their respective  
jurisdictions1 have the administrative  
authority necessary to apply the        
affordability provision in section      
#cf;,b of the ,internal ,revenue ,code  
of #aihf in such a manner as to expand  
access to affordable health insurance   
coverage for working families without   
further legislation4  #c4 ,clarification
 regarding determination of             
affordability of employer-sponsored     
minimum essential coverage  7a7 ,in     
general ,clause 7i7 of section          
#cf;,b7c77#b77;,c7 of the ,internal     
,revenue ,code of #aihf is amended to   
read as follows3  7i7 ,coverage must be 
affordable  7,i7 ,in general ,except as 
provided in clause 7iii71 an individual 
shall not be treated as eligible for    
minimum essential coverage if such      
coverage consists of an eligible        
employer-sponsored plan 7as defined in  
section #ejjj;,a7f77#b77 and the        
required contribution with respect to   
the plan exceeds #i4hf percent of the   

applicable taxpayer's household income4 
7,,ii7 ,required contribution with      
respect to employee ,in the case of the 
employee eligible to enroll in the plan1
 the required contribution for purposes 
of subclause 7,i7 is the employee's     
required contribution 7within the       
meaning of section                      
#ejjj;,a7e77#a77;,b77i77 with respect to
 the plan4  7,,iii7 ,required           
contribution with respect to family     
members ,in the case of an individual   
who is eligible to enroll in the plan by
 reason of a relationship the individual
 bears to the employee1 the required    
contribution for purposes of subclause  
7,i7 is the employee's required         
contribution 7within the meaning of     
section #ejjj;,a7e77#a77;,b77i71        
determined by substituting family for   
self-only7 with respect to the plan4  4 
7b7 ,conforming amendments  7#a7 ,clause
 7ii7 of section #cf;,b7c77#b77;,c7 of  
the ,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf is
 amended by adding at the end the       

following3 ,this clause shall also apply
 to an individual who is eligible to    
enroll in the plan by reason of a       
relationship the individual bears to the
 employee44  7#b7 ,clause 7iii7 of      
section #cf;,b7c77#b77;,c7 of such ,code
 is amended by striking the last        
sentence of clause 7i7 and inserting    
clause 7i77,,iii74  7#c7 ,clause 7iv7 of
 section #cf;,b7c77#b77;,c7 of such     
,code is amended by striking clause     
7i77,,ii7 and inserting clause 7i77,i74 
7c7 ,effective date ,the amendments made
 by this section shall apply to taxable 
years beginning after ,december #ca1    
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