S.Amdt. 3928

SA 3928. Mr. ENSIGN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him 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:

In part II of subtitle A of title XXIX of the Public Health Services Act, as added by section 201 of the amendment, at the end of section 2921 insert the following:

“SEC. 29__. LIMITATION ON APPLICATION OF CERTAIN BENEFIT, SERVICE, OR PROVIDER MANDATES.

“Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, a specific mandate regarding a covered benefit, service, or category of provider, other than a mandate applicable as provided for under a basic option or an enhanced option (as such terms are defined for purposes of this title) under this title, shall not apply with respect to health insurance coverage provided by a health insurance issuer if the application of such specific mandate to such coverage would, based on applicable standards of actuarial practice, result in an increase in premiums of at least 1 percent.