US Congress House Bill 556 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Introduced on February 8 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-02-18 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Preserving Patients' Choices Act - Repeals provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act providing for the establishment and funding of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to identify priorities for, and establish, update, and carry out, a national comparative outcomes research project agenda. Restores provisions of law as if such provisions had not been enacted. Rescinds the unobligated balance of funds made available for such Institute. Repeals the health information technology provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). Restores provisions of law as if such provisions had not been enacted. Rescinds all unobligated balances remaining available for the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. Requires the total amount rescinded by this Act to be deposited in the Treasury to pay down the national debt.

Preserving Patients' Choices Act

Rep. Thaddeus McCotter [R-MI]

Rep. Richard Nugent [R-FL]

Rep. Dennis Ross [R-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-02-18	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation.
2011-02-15	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2011-02-08	House	Referred to House Budget
2011-02-08	House	Referred to House Science, Space, and Technology
2011-02-08	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2011-02-08	House	Referred to House Appropriations
2011-02-08	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2011-02-08	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Appropriations, Ways and Means, Science, Space, and Technology, and the Budget, 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.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/556/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr556/BILLS-112hr556ih.pdf