Stop Abortion Funding in Multi-state Exchange Plans Act or SAFE Act - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to require the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), in entering into contracts with health insurance issuers, to ensure that no multi-state qualified health plan offered in a health benefit exchange provides coverage of abortion. Excepts from such limitation: (1) a pregnancy that results from rape or incest; or (2) a case where a woman suffers from a physical disorder, injury, or illness that would place the her in danger of death unless an abortion is performed, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself.
Preempts any state law requiring coverage of or funding for abortions in multi-state health plans.
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 346 Introduced in House (IH)]
113th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 346
To amend title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to
ensure that the coverage offered under multi-State qualified health
plans offered in Exchanges is consistent with the Federal abortion
funding ban.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 22, 2013
Mr. Nunnelee introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Energy and Commerce
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A BILL
To amend title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to
ensure that the coverage offered under multi-State qualified health
plans offered in Exchanges is consistent with the Federal abortion
funding ban.
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 ``Stop Abortion Funding in Multi-state
Exchange Plans Act'' or ``SAFE Act''.
SEC. 2. CONSISTENCY WITH FEDERAL ABORTION FUNDING BAN FOR COVERAGE
UNDER MULTI-STATE PLANS IN EXCHANGES.
(a) In General.--Paragraph (6) of section 1334(a) of the Patient
protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18054(a)(6)) is amended
to read as follows:
``(6) Consistency with federal abortion funding ban.--
``(A) In general.--In entering into contracts under
this subsection, the Director shall ensure that no
multi-State qualified health plan offered in an
Exchange provides coverage of abortion.
``(B) Exception.--The limitation established in
subparagraph (A) shall not apply to an abortion--
``(i) if the pregnancy is the result of an
act of rape or incest; or
``(ii) in a case where a woman suffers from
a physical disorder, physical injury, or
physical illness that would, as certified by a
physician, place the woman in danger of death
unless an abortion is performed, including a
life-endangering physical condition caused by
or arising from the pregnancy itself.''.
(b) Preemption.--Section 1303(c) of the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18023(c)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``Nothing in this Act''
and inserting ``Subject to paragraph (4), nothing in this
Act''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(4) Application of limitation for multi-state plans.--
Paragraph (6) of section 1334(a) shall preempt any State law
requiring coverage of or funding for abortions with respect to
the application of such law to multi-State health plans.''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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