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[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 596 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]
Calendar No. 14
114th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 596
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 4, 2015
Received; read the first time
February 5, 2015
Read the second time and placed on the calendar
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AN ACT
To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and health
care-related provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation
Act of 2010, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. REPEAL OF PPACA AND HEALTH CARE-RELATED PROVISIONS IN THE
HEALTH CARE AND EDUCATION RECONCILIATION ACT OF 2010.
(a) PPACA.--Effective on the date that is 180 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Patient Protection and Affordable
Care Act (Public Law 111-148) is repealed, and the provisions of law
amended or repealed by such Act are restored or revived as if such Act
had not been enacted.
(b) Health Care-Related Provisions in the Health Care and Education
Reconciliation Act of 2010.--Effective on the date that is 180 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, title I and subtitle B of
title II of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010
(Public Law 111-152) are repealed, and the provisions of law amended or
repealed by such title or subtitle, respectively, are restored or
revived as if such title and subtitle had not been enacted.
SEC. 2. BUDGETARY EFFECTS.
The budgetary effects of this Act shall not be entered on either
PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of the Statutory
Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010.
SEC. 3. REPORTING REPLACEMENT LEGISLATION.
The Committee on Education and the Workforce, the Committee on
Energy and Commerce, the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Committee
on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives shall each report to
the House of Representatives legislation proposing changes to existing
law within each committee's jurisdiction with provisions that--
(1) foster economic growth and private sector job creation
by eliminating job-killing policies and regulations;
(2) lower health care premiums through increased
competition and choice;
(3) preserve a patient's ability to keep his or her health
plan if he or she likes it;
(4) provide people with pre-existing conditions access to
affordable health coverage;
(5) reform the medical liability system to reduce
unnecessary and wasteful health care spending;
(6) increase the number of insured Americans;
(7) protect the doctor-patient relationship;
(8) provide the States greater flexibility to administer
Medicaid programs while reducing costs under such programs;
(9) expand incentives to encourage personal responsibility
for health care coverage and costs;
(10) prohibit taxpayer funding of abortions and provide
conscience protections for health care providers;
(11) eliminate duplicative government programs and wasteful
spending; or
(12) do not accelerate the growth of entitlement programs
or increase the tax burden on Americans.
Passed the House of Representatives February 3, 2015.
Attest:
KAREN L. HAAS,
Clerk.
Calendar No. 14
114th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 596
