US Congress House Bill 1072 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)
Status: Introduced on February 15 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-17 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Obamacare Replacement Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and the Social Security Act to repeal certain provisions regarding health insurance, including: the requirement for individuals to maintain minimum essential coverage, limitations on insurers varying premiums by age or health status, requirements for health insurance to cover preexisting conditions, and the prohibition on lifetime or annual limits on benefits. The bill allows a refundable tax credit for a percentage of health insurance premiums and a tax credit for health savings account (HSA) contributions. The bill eliminates HSA contribution limits and allows all individuals to make contributions to HSAs. HSAs may be used to pay for over-the-counter medications and health insurance. HSA distributions for abortion are subject to income tax. The tax deduction for medical care is expanded to include exercise equipment and services, nutritional supplements, and certain primary care fees. Physicians may deduct uncompensated and charity care. The bill provides for the establishment and governance of: (1) independent health pools, which offer health insurance coverage to their members; and (2) association health plans, which are group health plans sponsored by business associations. Individual health insurance coverage is governed by the laws of a state designated by the health insurance issuer. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services must (currently, may) waive Medicaid requirements to enable states to carry out experimental, pilot, or demonstration projects. Stop-loss insurance obtained by certain health plans or plan sponsors is exempt from requirements for health insurance. The bill amends the McCarran-Ferguson Act to declare that nothing in that Act affects antitrust laws regarding health insurance.

Obamacare Replacement Act

Rep. Mark Sanford [R-SC]	Rep. Jeff Duncan [R-SC]	Rep. Mark Meadows [R-NC]	Rep. Paul Gosar [R-AZ]
Rep. Thomas Garrett [R-VA]	Rep. Alexander Mooney [R-WV]	Rep. Thomas Massie [R-KY]	Rep. Matt Gaetz [R-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-17	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2017-02-15	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2017-02-15	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2017-02-15	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2017-02-15	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2017-02-15	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2017-02-15	House	Introduced in House

HB143 (Related) 2017-01-23 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
HB314 (Related) 2017-01-25 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
HB372 (Related) 2017-03-23 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
HB1101 (Related) 2017-03-23 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
HB1304 (Related) 2017-04-06 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
SB222 (Related) 2017-01-24 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
SB1516 (Related) 2017-06-29 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
HB3278 (Related) 2017-07-18 - Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1072/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr1072/BILLS-115hr1072ih.pdf