Puerto Rico Affordable Care Act of 2025
H.R. 6479119th Congress

Puerto Rico Affordable Care Act of 2025

Introduced in the HouseRep. Darren Soto (D-FL-9)6 sections · 1 min read
Version: ih · Apr 20, 2026

Section 1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the Puerto Rico Affordable Care Act of 2025.

Section 2. Requiring the establishment of an Exchange in Puerto Rico

Section 1304(d) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18024(d)) is amended by inserting and, beginning on the date that is 1 year after the date of the enactment of the Puerto Rico Affordable Care Act of 2025, Puerto Rico before the period.

Section 3. Ensuring application of health insurance market reforms in Puerto Rico

Notwithstanding the letter sent by the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to the Commissioner of Insurance of Puerto Rico on July 16, 2014, relating to the applicability of certain provisions of title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg et seq.) in Puerto Rico, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall, beginning on the date that is 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, apply such provisions to health insurance coverage (as defined in section 2791 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg–91)) offered in Puerto Rico.

(a) In general

Section 36B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by redesignating subsection (h) as subsection (i) and by inserting after subsection (g) the following new subsection:

(h) Application of tax credit to residents of Puerto Rico

For purposes of subsections (b)(2)(A), (b)(3)(C), (b)(3)(D)(ii), and (c)(2)(A)(i), Puerto Rico shall be treated in the same manner as a State.

(b) Effective date

The amendments made by this section shall apply to months beginning on or after the date that is 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act.

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