S 862 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

EACH Act

Introduced May 6, 2013 Originated Senate Sponsor Kelly Ayotte R-NH

Fact sheet

Latest action · May 6, 2013 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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.

IntroducedMay 6, 2013
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Equitable Access to Care and Health Act or the EACH Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to minimum essential health care coverage requirements added by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, to allow an additional religious exemption from such requirements for individuals whose sincerely held religious beliefs would cause them to object to medical health care provided under such coverage.

Defines "medical health care" to mean voluntary health treatment by or supervised by a medical doctor that would be covered under minimum essential coverage that: (1) includes voluntary acute care treatment at hospital emergency rooms, walk-in clinics, or similar facilities; and (2) excludes treatment not administered or supervised by a medical doctor, physical examinations or treatment required by law or third parties, and vaccinations.

Cosponsors 32

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 6, 2013 to Mar 26, 2014, with 7 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
I-ME	Angus S. King Jr.	Original	May 6, 2013
D-HI	Brian Schatz	Original	May 6, 2013
R-KS	Jerry Moran	Original	May 6, 2013
R-TN	Lamar Alexander	Original	May 6, 2013
D-HI	Mazie K. Hirono	Original	May 6, 2013
R-KY	Rand Paul	Original	May 6, 2013
R-MO	Roy Blunt	Original	May 6, 2013
R-AR	John Boozman		May 8, 2013
R-ID	Mike Crapo		May 8, 2013
R-OK	Tom Coburn		May 8, 2013
R-ID	James E. Risch		May 13, 2013
R-OK	James M. Inhofe		May 14, 2013
R-GA	Johnny Isakson		Jul 31, 2013
R-IL	Mark Kirk		Jul 31, 2013
D-WI	Tammy Baldwin		Jul 31, 2013

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Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

May 6, 2013Introduced in Senate
May 6, 2013Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Related bills 1

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 1814	EACH Act	Identical bill	Mar 12, 2014

Subjects

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

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May 6, 2013Introduced in Senate

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