Preserving Freedom and Choice in Health Care Act
Latest action · Apr 20, 2015 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.
- IntroducedApr 20, 2015
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Preserving Freedom and Choice in Health Care Act
This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the requirements for individuals to maintain minimum essential coverage and for large employers to pay penalties if a full-time employee: (1) must wait longer than 60 days to enroll in an employer-sponsored health plan, or (2) receives a premium assistance tax credit or reduced cost-sharing. Coverage reporting requirements for providers and large employers are also repealed.
Individuals enrolled in a health plan purchased through the federal health insurance exchange at the time of enactment of this Act who are ineligible for a premium assistance tax credit solely as a result of a determination by the Supreme Court in King v. Burwell are eligible for the tax credit. This applies to coverage months beginning after December 2013 and before September 2017.
Group health coverage in which an individual was enrolled during any part of the period beginning on the date of enactment of PPACA (March 23, 2010) and ending on December 31, 2017, is a grandfathered health plan under PPACA and is exempt from some coverage requirements.
Essential health benefits are defined by states. This amendment takes effect as if included in PPACA.Cosponsors 30
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 20, 2015 to Apr 23, 2015; 28 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-IA | Chuck Grassley | Original | Apr 20, 2015 |
| R-CO | Cory Gardner | Original | Apr 20, 2015 |
| R-IN | Daniel Coats | Original | Apr 20, 2015 |
| R-GA | David Perdue | Original | Apr 20, 2015 |
| R-NV | Dean Heller | Original | Apr 20, 2015 |
| R-NE | Deb Fischer | Original | Apr 20, 2015 |
| R-ID | James E. Risch | Original | Apr 20, 2015 |
| R-OK | James M. Inhofe | Original | Apr 20, 2015 |
| R-AL | Jeff Sessions | Original | Apr 20, 2015 |
| R-WY | John Barrasso | Original | Apr 20, 2015 |
| R-TX | John Cornyn | Original | Apr 20, 2015 |
| R-AZ | John McCain | Original | Apr 20, 2015 |
| R-SD | John Thune | Original | Apr 20, 2015 |
| R-GA | Johnny Isakson | Original | Apr 20, 2015 |
| R-IA | Joni Ernst | Original | Apr 20, 2015 |
| R-SC | Lindsey Graham | Original | Apr 20, 2015 |
| R-WY | Michael B. Enzi | Original | Apr 20, 2015 |
| R-ID | Mike Crapo | Original | Apr 20, 2015 |
| R-SD | Mike Rounds | Original | Apr 20, 2015 |
| R-KY | Mitch McConnell | Original | Apr 20, 2015 |
| R-UT | Orrin G. Hatch | Original | Apr 20, 2015 |
| R-KS | Pat Roberts | Original | Apr 20, 2015 |
| R-AL | Richard C. Shelby | Original | Apr 20, 2015 |
| R-MS | Roger F. Wicker | Original | Apr 20, 2015 |
| R-MO | Roy Blunt | Original | Apr 20, 2015 |
| R-MT | Steve Daines | Original | Apr 20, 2015 |
| R-MS | Thad Cochran | Original | Apr 20, 2015 |
| R-NC | Thom Tillis | Original | Apr 20, 2015 |
| R-AK | Dan Sullivan | Apr 22, 2015 | |
| R-IL | Mark Kirk | Apr 23, 2015 |
Withdrew 1 Tim Scott R-SC Jun 25, 2015
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Finance Committee | Referred Apr 20, 2015 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 20, 2015Introduced in Senate
- Apr 20, 2015Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S3218 | Christopher Murphy D-CT | May 21, 2015 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to preserve freedom and choice in health care.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Preserving Freedom and Choice in Health Care Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 20, 2015Introduced in Senate
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