US HB631 | 2015-2016 | 114th Congress

US Congress House Bill 631 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 51-26)
Status: Introduced on January 30 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-02-12 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

EACH Act Equitable Access to Care and Health Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the religious conscience exemption under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to exempt individuals who rely solely on a religious method of healing and for whom the acceptance of medical health services would be inconsistent with their religious beliefs from the requirement to purchase and maintain minimum essential health care coverage.

Title

EACH Act Equitable Access to Care and Health Act

Sponsors

Rep. Aaron Schock [R-IL]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Lou Barletta [R-PA]	Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]
Rep. Kevin Brady [R-TX]	Rep. Mo Brooks [R-AL]	Rep. Michael Burgess [R-TX]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]
Rep. Paul Cook [R-CA]	Rep. Ander Crenshaw [R-FL]	Rep. Rodney Davis [R-IL]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]
Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Blake Farenthold [R-TX]	Rep. Bob Goodlatte [R-VA]	Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler [R-WA]
Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Bill Huizenga [R-MI]	Rep. Randy Hultgren [R-IL]
Rep. Lynn Jenkins [R-KS]	Rep. David Joyce [R-OH]	Rep. Mike Kelly [R-PA]	Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]
Rep. Michael McCaul [R-TX]	Rep. Mick Mulvaney [R-SC]	Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]
Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. David Roe [R-TN]	Rep. Todd Rokita [R-IN]
Rep. Keith Rothfus [R-PA]	Rep. Pete Sessions [R-TX]	Rep. Michael Simpson [R-ID]	Rep. Lamar Smith [R-TX]
Rep. Patrick Tiberi [R-OH]	Rep. Scott Tipton [R-CO]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]
Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]	Rep. Steve Womack [R-AR]	Rep. Martha Roby [R-AL]	Rep. Pete Olson [R-TX]
Rep. Jeb Hensarling [R-TX]	Rep. Reid Ribble [R-WI]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Sen. Markwayne Mullin [R-OK]
Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]	Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]	Rep. Brett Guthrie [R-KY]
Rep. Don Young [R-AK]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]
Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. Erik Paulsen [R-MN]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]
Rep. Richard Nugent [R-FL]	Rep. Doug LaMalfa [R-CA]	Rep. Ami Bera [D-CA]	Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]
Rep. Cheri Bustos [D-IL]	Rep. Ann Wagner [R-MO]	Rep. Chris Stewart [R-UT]	Rep. Mark Amodei [R-NV]
Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Patrick Meehan [R-PA]	Rep. Michael Turner [R-OH]	Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]
Rep. Kay Granger [R-TX]	Rep. Glenn Grothman [R-WI]	Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]	Rep. Trent Franks [R-AZ]
Rep. Frank Lucas [R-OK]

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-12	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2015-01-30	House	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
2015-01-30	House	Introduced in House

Same As/Similar To

SB352 (Same As) 2015-02-03 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
HB2061 (Same As) 2015-09-29 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.