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Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. TITLE I—QUALITY, AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE FOR ALL AMERICANS Subtitle A—Immediate Improvements in Health Care Coverage for All Americans Sec. 1001. Amendments to the Public Health Service Act. Sec. 1002. Health insurance consumer information. Sec. 1003. Ensuring that consumers get value for their dollars. Sec. 1004. Effective dates. Subtitle B—Immediate Actions to Preserve and Expand Coverage Sec. 1101. Immediate access to insurance for uninsured individuals with a preexisting condition. Sec. 1102. Reinsurance for early retirees. Sec. 1103. Immediate information that allows consumers to identify affordable coverage options. Sec. 1104. Administrative simplification. Sec. 1105. Effective date. Subtitle C—Quality Health Insurance Coverage for All Americans PART I—Health Insurance Market Reforms Sec. 1201. Amendment to the Public Health Service Act. PART II—Other Provisions Sec. 1251. Preservation of right to maintain existing coverage. Sec. 1252. Rating reforms must apply uniformly to all health insurance issuers and group health plans. Sec. 1253. Effective dates. Subtitle D—Available Coverage Choices for All Americans PART I—Establishment of Qualified Health Plans Sec. 1301. Qualified health plan defined. Sec. 1302. Essential health benefits requirements. Sec. 1303. Special rules. Sec. 1304. Related definitions. PART II—Consumer Choices and Insurance Competition Through Health Benefit Exchanges Sec. 1311. Affordable choices of health benefit plans. Sec. 1312. Consumer choice. Sec. 1313. Financial integrity. PART III—State Flexibility Relating to Exchanges Sec. 1321. State flexibility in operation and enforcement of Exchanges and related requirements. Sec. 1322. Federal program to assist establishment and operation of nonprofit, member-run health insurance issuers. Sec. 1323. Community health insurance option. Sec. 1324. Level playing field. PART IV—State Flexibility to Establish Alternative Programs Sec. 1331. State flexibility to establish basic health programs for low-income individuals not eligible for Medicaid. Sec. 1332. Waiver for State innovation. Sec. 1333. Provisions relating to offering of plans in more than one State. PART V—Reinsurance and Risk Adjustment Sec. 1341. Transitional reinsurance program for individual and small group markets in each State. Sec. 1342. Establishment of risk corridors for plans in individual and small group markets. Sec. 1343. Risk adjustment. Subtitle E—Affordable Coverage Choices for All Americans PART I—Premium Tax Credits and Cost-sharing Reductions subpart a—premium tax credits and cost-sharing reductions Sec. 1401. Refundable tax credit providing premium assistance for coverage under a qualified health plan. Sec. 1402. Reduced cost-sharing for individuals enrolling in qualified health plans. subpart b—eligibility determinations Sec. 1411. Procedures for determining eligibility for Exchange participation, premium tax credits and reduced cost-sharing, and individual responsibility exemptions. Sec. 1412. Advance determination and payment of premium tax credits and cost-sharing reductions. Sec. 1413. Streamlining of procedures for enrollment through an exchange and State Medicaid, CHIP, and health subsidy programs. Sec. 1414. Disclosures to carry out eligibility requirements for certain programs. Sec. 1415. Premium tax credit and cost-sharing reduction payments disregarded for Federal and Federally-assisted programs. PART II—Small Business Tax Credit Sec. 1421. Credit for employee health insurance expenses of small businesses. Subtitle F—Shared Responsibility for Health Care PART I—Individual Responsibility Sec. 1501. Requirement to maintain minimum essential coverage. Sec. 1502. Reporting of health insurance coverage. PART II—Employer Responsibilities Sec. 1511. Automatic enrollment for employees of large employers. Sec. 1512. Employer requirement to inform employees of coverage options. Sec. 1513. Shared responsibility for employers. Sec. 1514. Reporting of employer health insurance coverage. Sec. 1515. Offering of Exchange-participating qualified health plans through cafeteria plans. Subtitle G—Miscellaneous Provisions Sec. 1551. Definitions. Sec. 1552. Transparency in government. Sec. 1553. Prohibition against discrimination on assisted suicide. Sec. 1554. Access to therapies. Sec. 1555. Freedom not to participate in Federal health insurance programs. Sec. 1556. Equity for certain eligible survivors. Sec. 1557. Nondiscrimination. Sec. 1558. Protections for employees. Sec. 1559. Oversight. Sec. 1560. Rules of construction. Sec. 1561. Health information technology enrollment standards and protocols. Sec. 1562. Conforming amendments. Sec. 1563. Sense of the Senate promoting fiscal responsibility. TITLE II—ROLE OF PUBLIC PROGRAMS Subtitle A—Improved Access to Medicaid Sec. 2001. Medicaid coverage for the lowest income populations. Sec. 2002. Income eligibility for nonelderly determined using modified gross income. Sec. 2003. Requirement to offer premium assistance for employer-sponsored insurance. Sec. 2004. Medicaid coverage for former foster care children. Sec. 2005. Payments to territories. Sec. 2006. Special adjustment to FMAP determination for certain States recovering from a major disaster. Sec. 2007. Medicaid Improvement Fund rescission. Subtitle B—Enhanced Support for the Children's Health Insurance Program Sec. 2101. Additional federal financial participation for CHIP. Sec. 2102. Technical corrections. Subtitle C—Medicaid and CHIP Enrollment Simplification Sec. 2201. Enrollment Simplification and coordination with State Health Insurance Exchanges. Sec. 2202. Permitting hospitals to make presumptive eligibility determinations for all Medicaid eligible populations. Subtitle D—Improvements to Medicaid Services Sec. 2301. Coverage for freestanding birth center services. Sec. 2302. Concurrent care for children. Sec. 2303. State eligibility option for family planning services. Sec. 2304. Clarification of definition of medical assistance. Subtitle E—New Options for States to Provide Long-Term Services and Supports Sec. 2401. Community First Choice Option. Sec. 2402. Removal of barriers to providing home and community-based services. Sec. 2403. Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration. Sec. 2404. Protection for recipients of home and community-based services against spousal impoverishment. Sec. 2405. Funding to expand State Aging and Disability Resource Centers. Sec. 2406. Sense of the Senate regarding long-term care. Subtitle F—Medicaid Prescription Drug Coverage Sec. 2501. Prescription drug rebates. Sec. 2502. Elimination of exclusion of coverage of certain drugs. Sec. 2503. Providing adequate pharmacy reimbursement. Subtitle G—Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) Payments Sec. 2551. Disproportionate share hospital payments. Subtitle H—Improved Coordination for Dual Eligible Beneficiaries Sec. 2601. 5-year period for demonstration projects. Sec. 2602. Providing Federal coverage and payment coordination for dual eligible beneficiaries. Subtitle I—Improving the Quality of Medicaid for Patients and Providers Sec. 2701. Adult health quality measures. Sec. 2702. Payment Adjustment for Health Care-Acquired Conditions. Sec. 2703. State option to provide health homes for enrollees with chronic conditions. Sec. 2704. Demonstration project to evaluate integrated care around a hospitalization. Sec. 2705. Medicaid Global Payment System Demonstration Project. Sec. 2706. Pediatric Accountable Care Organization Demonstration Project. Sec. 2707. Medicaid emergency psychiatric demonstration project. Subtitle J—Improvements to the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) Sec. 2801. MACPAC assessment of policies affecting all Medicaid beneficiaries. Subtitle K—Protections for American Indians and Alaska Natives Sec. 2901. Special rules relating to Indians. Sec. 2902. Elimination of sunset for reimbursement for all medicare part B services furnished by certain indian hospitals and clinics. Subtitle L—Maternal and Child Health Services Sec. 2951. Maternal, infant, and early childhood home visiting programs. Sec. 2952. Support, education, and research for postpartum depression. Sec. 2953. Personal responsibility education. Sec. 2954. Restoration of funding for abstinence education. Sec. 2955. Inclusion of information about the importance of having a health care power of attorney in transition planning for children aging out of foster care and independent living programs.