S 154 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

PROTECT Act

Introduced Jan 24, 2013 Originated Senate Sponsor Tom Coburn R-OK

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jan 24, 2013 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedJan 24, 2013
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Preventing the Offering of Elective Coverage of Taxpayer-Funded-Abortion Act of 2013 or PROTECT Act - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to require the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), in entering into contracts with health insurance issuers, to ensure that no multi-state qualified health plan offered in a health benefit exchange provides coverage of abortion. Excepts from such limitation: (1) a pregnancy that results from rape or incest; or (2) a case where a woman suffers from a physical disorder, injury, or illness that would place the her in danger of death unless an abortion is performed, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself.

Preempts any state law requiring coverage of or funding for abortions in multi-state qualified health plans.

Cosponsors 16

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 24, 2013 to Jul 30, 2013, with 10 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-IAChuck GrassleyOriginalJan 24, 2013
R-LADavid VitterOriginalJan 24, 2013
R-IDJames E. RischOriginalJan 24, 2013
R-OKJames M. InhofeOriginalJan 24, 2013
R-ARJohn BoozmanOriginalJan 24, 2013
R-SDJohn ThuneOriginalJan 24, 2013
R-KSPat RobertsOriginalJan 24, 2013
R-KYRand PaulOriginalJan 24, 2013
R-MSRoger F. WickerOriginalJan 24, 2013
R-WIRon JohnsonOriginalJan 24, 2013
R-INDaniel CoatsJan 30, 2013
R-UTMike LeeJan 30, 2013
R-NCRichard BurrJan 30, 2013
R-ALJeff SessionsMar 6, 2013
R-KSJerry MoranApr 25, 2013
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Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jan 24, 2013Introduced in Senate
  2. Jan 24, 2013Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 346SAFE ActRelated billJan 25, 2013

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

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  1. Jan 24, 2013Introduced in Senate

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