S.Amdt. 3911

SA 3911. Ms. MURKOWSKI submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 1955, to amend title I of the Employee Retirement Security Act of 1974 and the Public Health Service Act to expand health care access and reduce costs through the creation of small business health plans and through modernization of the health insurance marketplace; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. APPLICATION TO SMALL EMPLOYERS.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act (or an amendment made by this Act), the provisions of this Act (and amendments) shall only apply to small employers (as defined in section 808(a)(10) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (as added by section 101(a)) and including self-employed individuals) and health insurance coverage issued through small employers or to the employees of small employers (or self-employed individuals). Nothing in this Act (or an amendment made by this Act) shall be construed to preempt or supersede State laws relating to health insurance offered in the large group or individual markets or to limit the application of section 805(a)(3)(B) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (as added by section 101(a)).