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Title
Hire More Heroes Act of 2015
Official Title
A 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.
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.
bill Progress
- Not enactedThe President has not signed this bill
- The house has not voted
- The senate has not voted
- senate Committees
Committee on FinanceIntroducedJanuary 6th, 2015
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