Hire More Heroes Act of 2015

1/11/2023, 1:28 PM

Hire More Heroes Act of 2015

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to add a provision to exempt any employee with coverage under a health care program administered by the Department of Defense, including the TRICARE program, or by the Veterans Administration, from classification as an eligible employee of an applicable large employer for purposes of the employer mandate under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide such employees with minimum essential health care coverage.

Congress
114

Number
S - 12

Introduced on
2015-01-06

# Amendments
0

Sponsors
+5

Cosponsors
+5

Variations and Revisions

1/6/2015

Status of Legislation

Bill Introduced
Introduced to House
House to Vote
Introduced to Senate
Senate to Vote

Purpose and Summary

Hire More Heroes Act of 2015

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to add a provision to exempt any employee with coverage under a health care program administered by the Department of Defense, including the TRICARE program, or by the Veterans Administration, from classification as an eligible employee of an applicable large employer for purposes of the employer mandate under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide such employees with minimum essential health care coverage.

Alternative Names
Official Title as IntroducedA bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or the Veterans Administration from being taken into account for purposes of determining the employers to which the employer mandate applies under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Policy Areas
Taxation

Potential Impact
Comprehensive health care•
Employee benefits and pensions•
Health care costs and insurance•
Health care coverage and access•
Military medicine•
Sales and excise taxes•
Veterans' medical care

Comments

Recent Activity

Latest Summary1/26/2015

Hire More Heroes Act of 2015

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to add a provision to exempt any employee with coverage under a health care program administered by the Department of Defense, including the TRICARE p...


Latest Action1/6/2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.