US Congress Senate Bill 244 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 7)
Status: Introduced on February 1 2011 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2011-02-07 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S608)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

State Health Care Choice Act - Authorizes a state to limit the application of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) with respect to health insurance coverage within that state by enacting a law that: (1) expresses the intent of the state to opt out of one or more of the provisions of PPACA; (2) contains a list of the provisions that will not apply to the state; and (3) either expresses the state's intent to continue to administer health coverage-related laws as in effect in the state on March 23, 2010, or provides for the implementation of related state laws enacted after such date. Sets forth provisions that may be made inapplicable within a state, including provisions related to health coverage, essential health benefits, health insurance exchanges, alternative health plans established by states, individual and employer health coverage requirements, interoperable protocols for enrollment in federal and state health and human service programs, and expansion of Medicaid coverage.

State Health Care Choice Act

Sen. John Barrasso [R-WY]	Sen. Lamar Alexander [R-TN]	Sen. Saxby Chambliss [R-GA]	Sen. Lindsey Graham [R-SC]
Sen. James Inhofe [R-OK]	Sen. Johnny Isakson [R-GA]	Sen. Mike Johanns [R-NE]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-02-07	Senate	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S608)
2011-02-01	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

HB782 (Related) 2011-02-28 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
HB3326 (Related) 2011-11-04 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/244/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/s244/BILLS-112s244is.pdf