and upon request of any party in interest, files proof that a health insurance policy was purchased.
11 U.S.C. § 1329
Amendment of Subsection (d)Pub. L. 116-136, div. A, title I, §1113(b)(2)(A)(iii), (B), Mar. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 312, provided that effective 1 year after Mar. 27, 2020, this section is amended by striking subsection (d). See 2020 Amendment note below.
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
SENATE REPORT NO. 95-989At any time prior to the completion of payments under a confirmed plan, the plan may be modified, after notice and hearing, to change the amount of payments to creditors or a particular class of creditors and to extend or reduce the payment period. A modified plan may not contain any provision which could not be included in an original plan as prescribed by section 1322. A modified plan may not call for payments to be made beyond four years as measured from the date of the commencement of payments under the original plan.
EDITORIAL NOTES
REFERENCES IN TEXTThe date of enactment of this subsection, referred to in subsec. (d)(1), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 116-136 which was approved Mar. 27, 2020.
AMENDMENTS2020-Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 116-136, §1113(b)(2)(A)(ii), struck out subsec. (d) which related to modification of plan confirmed before Mar. 27, 2020, where debtor experienced material financial hardship due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.Pub. L. 116-136, §1113(b)(1)(C), added subsec. (d).2005-Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 109-8, §102(i), added par. (4).Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 109-8, §318(4), substituted "the applicable commitment period under section 1325(b)(1)(B)" for "three years".1984-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98-353, §§319, 533, inserted "of the plan" after "confirmation", substituted "such plan" for "a plan", and inserted provisions respecting requests by the debtor, the trustee, or the holder of an allowed unsecured claim for modification.Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 98-353, §533(3), substituted "plan to" for "plan, to".
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2020 AMENDMENTPub. L. 116-136, div. A, title I, §1113(b)(1)(D)(ii), Mar. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 312, provided that: "The amendment made by subparagraph (C) [amending this section] shall apply to any case for which a plan has been confirmed under section 1325 of title 11, United States Code, before the date of enactment of this Act [Mar. 27, 2020]."Amendment by section 1113(b)(2)(A)(iii) of Pub. L. 116-136 effective 1 year after Mar. 27, 2020, see section 1113(b)(2)(B) of Pub. L. 116-136 set out as a note under section 101 of this title.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2005 AMENDMENTAmendment by Pub. L. 109-8 effective 180 days after Apr. 20, 2005, and not applicable with respect to cases commenced under this title before such effective date, except as otherwise provided, see section 1501 of Pub. L. 109-8 set out as a note under section 101 of this title.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1984 AMENDMENTAmendment by Pub. L. 98-353 effective with respect to cases filed 90 days after July 10, 1984, see section 552(a) of Pub. L. 98-353 set out as a note under section 101 of this title.
- claim
- The term "claim" means-(A) right to payment, whether or not such right is reduced to judgment, liquidated, unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured, disputed, undisputed, legal, equitable, secured, or unsecured; or(B) right to an equitable remedy for breach of performance if such breach gives rise to a right to payment, whether or not such right to an equitable remedy is reduced to judgment, fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured, disputed, undisputed, secured, or unsecured.
- debtor
- The term "debtor" means person or municipality concerning which a case under this title has been commenced.(13A) The term "debtor's principal residence"-(A) means a residential structure if used as the principal residence by the debtor, including incidental property, without regard to whether that structure is attached to real property; and(B) includes an individual condominium or cooperative unit, a mobile or manufactured home, or trailer if used as the principal residence by the debtor.