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Introduced Session

PACE Act Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and Public Health Service Act to include employers with 51 to 100 employees as large employers for purposes of health insurance markets. PPACA is amended to give states the option to treat these employers as small employers. Currently, employers with 51 to 100 employees are small employers, but before January 1, 2016, states have the option to treat them as large employers. (Under PPACA, health insurance offered in the small group market must meet certain requirements that do not apply to the large group market, including the requirement to cover the essential health benefits.)

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Tim Scott (R)*,  Kelly Ayotte (R),  John Barrasso (R),  Michael Bennet (D),  Roy Blunt (R),  John Boozman (R),  Richard Burr (R),  Shelley Moore Capito (R),  Tom Carper (D),  Daniel Coats (R),  Thad Cochran (R),  Susan Collins (R),  Chris Coons (D),  Tom Cotton (R),  Mike Crapo (R),  Steve Daines (R),  Joe Donnelly (D),  Michael Enzi (R),  Deb Fischer (R),  Jeff Flake (R),  Cory Gardner (R),  Chuck Grassley (R),  Orrin Hatch (R),  Heidi Heitkamp (D),  John Hoeven (R),  James Inhofe (R),  Johnny Isakson (R),  Ron Johnson (R),  Tim Kaine (D),  Mark Kirk (R),  James Lankford (R),  Joe Manchin (I),  John McCain (R),  Claire McCaskill (D),  Jerry Moran (R),  Lisa Murkowski (R),  Bill Nelson (D),  Rob Portman (R),  Jim Risch (R),  Pat Roberts (R),  Chuck Schumer (D),  Jeff Sessions (R),  Jeanne Shaheen (D),  Jon Tester (D),  Thom Tillis (R),  Pat Toomey (R),  David Vitter (R),  Sheldon Whitehouse (D),  Roger Wicker (R), 

Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held. (on 05/18/2016)

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