US Congress Senate Bill 420 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum:
Status: Introduced on February 10 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-02-10 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Protecting Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude services rendered by bona-fide volunteers providing firefighting and prevention services, emergency medical services, or ambulance services to a state or local government or a tax-exempt charitable organization from the category of services usually rendered by an employee of an applicable large employer subject to the mandate to provide minimum essential health care coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), thus exempting such employers from PPACA requirements with respect to such volunteers. The bill defines "bona fide volunteer" as an employee of any government entity and any tax-exempt charitable organization whose only compensation is in the form of: (1) reimbursement for (or reasonable allowance for) reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of volunteer services, or (2) reasonable benefits (including length-of-service awards) and nominal fees customarily paid by similar entities for the services of volunteers.

Protecting Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act

Sen. Pat Toomey [R-PA]	Sen. Mark Warner [D-VA]	Sen. Joe Manchin [D-WV]	Sen. Angus King [I-ME]
Sen. Rob Portman [R-OH]	Sen. Tom Cotton [R-AR]	Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]	Sen. Joe Donnelly [D-IN]
Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R-AK]	Sen. Chuck Grassley [R-IA]	Sen. Kelly Ayotte [R-NH]	Sen. Tim Kaine [D-VA]
Sen. Jeff Flake [R-AZ]	Sen. Michael Bennet [D-CO]	Sen. Roger Wicker [R-MS]	Sen. Johnny Isakson [R-GA]
Sen. Al Franken [D-MN]	Sen. Heidi Heitkamp [D-ND]	Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]	Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]
Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Jerry Moran [R-KS]	Sen. Tim Scott [R-SC]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-10	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

HB33 (Same As) 2015-03-30 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
HB1191 (Same As) 2015-05-22 - Became Public Law No: 114-17. (TXT | PDF)
HB2658 (Same As) 2015-06-04 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/420/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s420/BILLS-114s420is.pdf