[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1590 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
113th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1590
To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to require
transparency in the operation of American Health Benefit Exchanges.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
October 28, 2013
Mr. Alexander introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
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A BILL
To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to require
transparency in the operation of American Health Benefit Exchanges.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Exchange Information Disclosure
Act''.
SEC. 2. WEEKLY REPORTS ON HEALTH BENEFIT EXCHANGES.
Section 1311(c)(5) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care
Act (42 U.S.C. 13031(c)(5)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period and
inserting a semicolon; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(C) not later than the first Monday after the
date of enactment of this subparagraph, and each Monday
thereafter through March 31, 2015 (or the next business
day when Monday occurs on a Federal holiday), in
coordination with the Secretary of the Treasury and the
Secretary of Labor, submit to Congress and make
available to State governors, State insurance
commissioners, and the public, a report concerning
consumer interactions with the Internet website
maintained by the Federal Government for health
insurance coverage (healthcare.gov or any subsequent
Internet site (or sites) that is established in whole
or in part by the Federal Government to facilitate
enrollment in qualified health plans, the receipt of
advance premium tax credits or cost sharing reduction
assistance, or comparisons of available qualified
health plans) and any efforts undertaken to remedy
problems that impact taxpayers and consumers, such
report to include--
``(i) a State-by-State breakdown of--
``(I) the number of unique website
visits;
``(II) the number of web chat
logins;
``(III) the number of individuals
who create an account;
``(IV) the number of individuals
who enrolled in a qualified health plan
or Medicaid;
``(V) the number of enrollees in
each zip code; and
``(VI) the level of coverage
obtained;
``(ii) a detailed description of the
problems identified with website functionality,
the actions that have been taken to resolve
those problems, the identity of the contractors
that are involved in such actions, the cost of
such actions, how such actions are being paid
for, and the names of the Federal officials
responsible for overseeing the process; and
``(iii) a description of the separate
problems with the website, including problems
relating to--
``(I) logging into the website;
``(II) enrolling in coverage;
``(III) transferring to the State
Medicaid programs;
``(IV) the calculation of advance
premium tax credits or cost sharing
reductions;
``(V) eligibility for qualified
health plans, advance premium tax
credits, cost sharing reductions,
Medicaid, or the Children's Health
Insurance Program;
``(VI) income or identity
verification;
``(VII) the transfer of information
to health insurance issuers; and
``(VIII) consumer privacy and data
security; and
``(D) not later than the first Monday after the
date of enactment of this Act, and each Monday
thereafter through March 31, 2015 (or the next business
day when Monday occurs on a Federal holiday), in
coordination with the Secretary of the Treasury and the
Secretary of Labor, submit to Congress and make
available to State governors, State insurance
commissioners, and the public, a report concerning the
federally operated customer service call center,
including the number of calls received by the call
center, the Internet website or enrollment problems
identified by users, how many calls are referred to the
Centers for Consumer Information and Insurance
Oversight, how many calls are referred to State
insurance commissioners, and how many callers enrolled
in a qualified health plan through the call center.''.
SEC. 3. DISCLOSURE OF NAVIGATOR AND CERTIFIED APPLICATION COUNSELOR
GRANTEES.
Section 1311(i) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
(42 U.S.C. 13031(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(7) Public availability of list of navigators.--Not later
than 5 days after the date of enactment of the Exchange
Information Disclosure Act, the Secretary shall make available
to Congress, State attorneys general, State insurance
commissioners, and the public a list of all navigators and
certified application counselors that have been trained and
certified by Exchanges, including contact information for all
navigator entities and their partner organizations, including
subcontractors. Such list shall be updated by the Secretary on
a weekly basis through March 31, 2015.''.
SEC. 4. DISCLOSURE OF CERTIFIED AGENTS AND BROKERS.
Section 1312(e) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
(42 U.S.C. 18032(e)) is amended by adding at the end the following
flush sentence: ``Not later than 5 days after the date of the enactment
of the Exchange Information Disclosure Act, the Secretary shall make
available on the Internet website maintained by the Federal Government
for health insurance coverage (healthcare.gov or any subsequent
Internet site (or sites) that is established in whole or in part by the
Federal Government to facilitate enrollment in qualified health plans,
the receipt of tax credits or cost sharing reduction assistance, or
comparisons of available qualified health plans) a list of all agents
and brokers who have been trained and certified by the Federal
Exchange, including their name, business address (if available), and
phone number. Such list shall be updated on a weekly basis through
March 31, 2015.''.
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