US Congress House Concurrent Resolution 254 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-1)
Status: Introduced on March 19 2010 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-03-19 - Referred to House House Administration
Pending: House Administration Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make corrections to the enrollment of H.B. 3590 (the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act [PPACA]) with respect to abortion provisions to: (1) specify that nothing in such Act shall be construed to require any health plan to provide coverage of abortion services or to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to require such coverage; (2) prohibit funds authorized or appropriated by such Act, including the tax credit provided for premium assistance, from being expended for any abortion or to cover any part of the costs of a health plan that includes abortion coverage, with specified exceptions involving the risk of death for the woman seeking an abortion or a pregnancy resulting from rape or incest; (3) allow non-federal entities to purchase separate coverage for abortions so long as such coverage is not purchased using the non-federal funds required to receive a federal payment; (4) allow non-federal health insurance issuers to offer separate coverage for abortions so long as any such issuer that offers a qualified health plan through an Exchange that includes coverage for abortions also offers a plan that is identical except that it does not cover abortions; and (5) repeal a provision requiring the Director the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to ensure that with respect to multi-state qualified health plans offered in an Exchange, there is at least one such plan that does not provide coverage of abortions for which the expenditure of federal funds appropriated for HHS is not permitted.

Correcting the enrollment of H.B. 3590.

Rep. Marion Berry [D-AR]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Anh Cao [R-LA]	Rep. Kathleen Dahlkemper [D-PA]
Rep. Steve Driehaus [D-OH]	Rep. Brad Ellsworth [D-IN]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]
Rep. Alan Mollohan [D-WV]	Rep. Nick Rahall [D-WV]	Rep. Bart Stupak [D-MI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-03-19		Referred to House House Administration
2010-03-19		Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2010-03-19		Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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.

HB3590 (Related) 2010-03-23 - Became Public Law No: 111-148.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/254/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hconres254/BILLS-111hconres254ih.pdf