3.0.0 6597 2019-11-15T21:46:58Z 2019-11-15T21:46:58Z House H HR 2012-11-16 112 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mrs. BIGGERT:H.R. 6597.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United StatesConstitution.[Page H6429]]]> hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2012-11-16T14:00:28Z EACH Act 112 3695 S 2012-12-19 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Identical bill CRS 2012-11-16 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2012-11-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2012-11-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B001232 Rep. Biggert, Judy [R-IL-13] JUDY BIGGERT R IL 13 N B001254 Rep. Boren, Dan [D-OK-2] Dan Boren D OK 2 2012-11-16 True B001149 Rep. 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[R-OH-12] PATRICK TIBERI R OH J. 12 2012-12-20 False Taxation Comprehensive health care Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Religion Sales and excise taxes Taxation 00 2012-11-16 Introduced in House 2012-12-10T15:10:13Z 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 Short Titles as Introduced EACH Act Short Titles as Introduced Equitable Access to Care and Health Act Display Title EACH Act Official Title as Introduced To amend section 5000A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate. Introduced in House 2012-11-16T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hr6597ih/xml/BILLS-112hr6597ih.xml 2012-11-16 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.