US Congress House Bill 6597 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on November 16 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-11-16 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Pending: House Ways And Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Equitable Access to Care and Health Act or the EACH Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to minimum essential health care coverage requirements added by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, to allow an additional religious exemption from such requirements for individuals whose sincerely held religious beliefs would cause them to object to medical health care provided under such coverage. Defines "medical health care" to mean voluntary health treatment by or supervised by a medical doctor that would be covered under minimum essential coverage that: (1) includes voluntary acute care treatment at hospital emergency rooms, walk-in clinics, or similar facilities; and (2) excludes treatment not administered or supervised by a medical doctor, physical examinations or treatment required by law or third parties, and vaccinations.

EACH Act

Rep. Judy Biggert [R-IL]	Rep. Todd Akin [R-MO]	Rep. Dan Boren [D-OK]	Rep. Michael Burgess [R-TX]
Rep. Dan Burton [R-IN]	Rep. Ken Calvert [R-CA]	Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]	Rep. Russ Carnahan [D-MO]
Rep. Hansen Clarke [D-MI]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]	Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]
Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Jerry Costello [D-IL]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Ander Crenshaw [R-FL]
Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Randy Forbes [R-VA]	Rep. Barney Frank [D-MA]
Sen. Cory Gardner [R-CO]	Rep. Kay Granger [R-TX]	Rep. Morgan Griffith [R-VA]	Rep. Andy Harris [R-MD]
Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]	Rep. Rush Holt [D-NJ]	Rep. Randy Hultgren [R-IL]
Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Dale Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Michael Michaud [D-ME]	Rep. Brad Miller [D-NC]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]
Rep. James Moran [D-VA]	Rep. Ron Paul [R-TX]	Rep. Stevan Pearce [R-NM]	Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]
Rep. Thomas Petri [R-WI]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. Dana Rohrabacher [R-CA]
Rep. Peter Roskam [R-IL]	Rep. Edward Royce [R-CA]	Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]	Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]
Rep. Jean Schmidt [R-OH]	Rep. Aaron Schock [R-IL]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Lamar Smith [R-TX]
Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]	Rep. Patrick Tiberi [R-OH]	Rep. Tim Walberg [R-MI]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]
Rep. Ed Whitfield [R-KY]	Rep. Joe Wilson [R-SC]	Rep. Frank Wolf [R-VA]	Rep. Steve Womack [R-AR]
Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D-CA]	Rep. C.W. Young [R-FL]	Rep. Don Young [R-AK]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-11-16	House	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

SB3695 (Same As)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/6597/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr6597/BILLS-112hr6597ih.pdf