,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cicb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #ab1    
#bjbd,mr4 ,kennedy introduced the       
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,health1 
,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a   
,,bill  ,to prohibit the ,secretary of  
,health and ,human ,services1 the       
,secretary of ,labor1 and the ,secretary
 of the ,treasury from finalizing a rule
 proposing restrictions on short-term   
limited duration insurance1 and to amend
 title ,,xxvii of the ,public ,health   
,service ,act to define such insurance4 
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,patient's ,choice ,act of      
#bjbd4  #b4 ,prohibition on finalizing  
proposed rule to restrict short-term    
limited duration insurance ,the         
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services1 the ,secretary of ,labor1 and
 the ,secretary of the ,treasury may not
 take any action to implement1 enforce1 
or otherwise give effect to the proposed

 rule issued by the ,internal ,revenue  
,service1 the ,employee ,benefits       
,security ,administration1 and the      
,centers for ,medicare  ,medicaid       
,services titled ,short-,term1          
,limited-,duration ,insurance2          
,independent1 ,noncoordinated ,excepted 
,benefits ,coverage2 ,level-,funded     
,plan ,arrangements2 and ,tax ,treatment
 of ,certain ,accident and ,health      
,insurance 7#hh ,fed4 ,reg4 #ddeif      
7,july #ab1 #bjbc77 and may not         
promulgate1 implement1 enforce1 or      
otherwise give effect to any other      
substantially similar rule that would   
reduce the maximum term length or       
duration for short-term limited duration
 insurance plans from the duration      
allowed as of the date of the enactment 
of this ,act4  #c4 ,short-term limited  
duration insurance defined ,section     
#bgia7;b7 of the ,public ,health        
,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4            
#cjj;gg-#ia7;b77 is amended by adding at
 the end the following new paragraph3   

7#f7 ,short-term limited duration       
insurance ,the term short-term limited  
duration insurance means health         
insurance coverage provided under a     
contract with a health insurance issuer 
that-- 7,a7 has an expiration date      
specified in the contract that is less  
than #ab months after the original      
effective date of the contract2 and     
7,b7 has a duration of not more than #cf
 months 7taking into account renewals or
 extensions7 after the original         
effective date of the contract4  4