To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and enact the Empowering Patients First Act in order to provide incentives to encourage health insurance coverage.
Latest action · Apr 30, 2010 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 22, 2010
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Repeals the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), effective as of enactment of such Act. Restores provisions of law amended by such Act.
Enacts the Empowering Patients First Act (H.R. 3400), as introduced in the House of Representatives on July 30, 2009.
Cosponsors 27
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 24, 2010 to Jul 1, 2010.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-GA | Jack Kingston | Mar 24, 2010 | |
| R-SC | Joe Wilson | Mar 24, 2010 | |
| R-IN | Mark E. Souder | Mar 24, 2010 | |
| R-MN | Michele Bachmann | Mar 24, 2010 | |
| D-TX | Ralph M. Hall | Mar 24, 2010 | |
| R-KS | Todd Tiahrt | Mar 24, 2010 | |
| R-TN | David P. Roe | Mar 25, 2010 | |
| R-CA | Duncan Hunter | Mar 25, 2010 | |
| R-CA | Gary G. Miller | Mar 25, 2010 | |
| R-FL | Jeff Miller | Mar 25, 2010 | |
| R-LA | John Fleming | Mar 25, 2010 | |
| R-GA | Lynn A. Westmoreland | Mar 25, 2010 | |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Mar 25, 2010 | |
| R-OK | Mary Fallin | Mar 25, 2010 | |
| R-AL | Robert B. Aderholt | Mar 25, 2010 |
Actions 14
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 30, 2010Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
- Mar 29, 2010Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Mar 22, 2010Introduced in House
- Mar 22, 2010Referred to House Administration
- Mar 22, 2010Referred to House Appropriations
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 3400 | Empowering Patients First Act | Related bill | Oct 22, 2009 |
| HR 4944 | Siding with America's Patients Act | Related bill | Apr 30, 2010 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Abortion
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Administrative remedies
- Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
- Budget deficits and national debt
- Child health
- Civil actions and liability
- Congressional oversight
- Consumer affairs
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Disability and health-based discrimination
- Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
- Education programs funding
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Employee benefits and pensions
- Evidence and witnesses
- Government information and archives
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Government studies and investigations
- Health
- Health care costs and insurance
- Health care coverage and access
- Health care quality
- Health information and medical records
- Health personnel
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Income tax credits
- Income tax deductions
- Intergovernmental relations
- Medicaid
- Medical education
- Medical research
- Medicare
- Poverty and welfare assistance
- Right of privacy
- Small business
- Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
- State and local government operations
- Student aid and college costs
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 22, 2010Introduced in House
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