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Version 00 · Introduced in House · May 10, 2011
No Health Care Subsidies for Illegal Aliens Act of 2011 - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to revise the procedures for determining eligibility for participation in a state health care insurance exchange (Exchange), with respect to citizenship or immigration status, to: (1) require an applicant for enrollment in a qualified health plan (enrollee) to appear in person at an Exchange and submit a sworn statement, under penalty of perjury, that the enrollee is a citizen or national of the United States or an eligible alien; (2) expand the documentary evidence that enrollees must submit for purposes of verifying eligibility; (3) require Exchanges (currently, the Secretary of Health and Human Services [HHS]) to verify citizenship or immigration status of enrollees based on satisfactory documentary evidence; (4) eliminate the authority of the Secretary to modify the methods used to verify enrollee eligibility; and (5) eliminate provisions authorizing the Secretary to verify the accuracy of submitted information. Applies this Act as if included in the enactment of PPACA.
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Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-46] · R–CA
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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