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Read. Follow. Verify.Senate Field Hearing: Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Small Businesses
Record date · January 1, 2016
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What This Bill Does
This document is a transcript from a 2015 U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship held in Bossier City, Louisiana. The hearing focused on gathering testimony from local business owners and consultants regarding the operational and financial effects of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on small businesses.
The hearing documents the administrative and financial challenges reported by local small business owners and staffing agencies in complying with ACA mandates, such as tracking and reporting employee healthcare information.
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Small business owners
They are subject to ACA reporting requirements and healthcare coverage mandates.
Staffing agencies
They must implement systems to track and report healthcare information for their employees.
Key Facts
- The hearing was held on January 15, 2015, in Bossier City, Louisiana.
- The Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship invited federal officials to testify regarding exemptions from the ACA, but they declined to attend.
- Chairman Vitter indicated potential future use of subpoenas to compel testimony from federal officials.
- Witnesses included representatives from benefit consulting, local business associations, grocery retail, and staffing agencies.
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- Brenda Little of Jean Simpson Personnel Services testified that her role expanded to include tracking and reporting ACA-mandated healthcare information for over 2,000 customers.
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Administrative Burden on Staffing Agencies
The testimony highlights that staffing agencies faced significant new administrative burdens to track and report healthcare data for large numbers of temporary employees.
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