3.0.0 647 2023-01-11T13:27:54Z 2023-01-11T13:27:54Z Senate S 2015-03-03 114 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-03-03T22:58:11Z Health Care Choice Act of 2015 114 543 HR 2015-04-29 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. Identical bill CRS Empowering Patients First Act of 2015 114 2300 HR 2015-11-16 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS American Health Care Reform Act of 2015 114 2653 HR 2015-06-15 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS Empowering Patients First Act of 2015 114 2519 S 2016-02-09 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S740-741) Related bill CRS 2015-03-03 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2015-03-03 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001098 Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] Ted Cruz R TX N V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA 2015-03-03 True C000880 Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] Mike Crapo R ID 2015-03-03 True R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2015-03-03 True B001261 Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] John Barrasso R WY 2015-03-03 True E000285 Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] MICHAEL ENZI R WY B. 2015-03-03 True Health Accounting and auditing Comprehensive health care Congressional oversight Government information and archives Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Insurance industry and regulation Intergovernmental relations State and local government operations Health 00 2015-03-03 Introduced in Senate 2015-06-10T21:58:31Z Health Care Choice Act of 2015

Repeals the health insurance and health coverage expansion requirements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and related requirements of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. Restores provisions of law amended or repealed by those provisions.

Amends the Public Health Service Act to provide that the laws of the state designated by a health insurance issuer (primary state) apply to individual health insurance coverage offered by that issuer in the primary state and in any other state (secondary state), but only if the coverage and issuer comply with the conditions of this Act.

Exempts issuers from any secondary state's laws that would prohibit or regulate the operation of the issuer in that state, subject to certain restrictions imposed by that state.

Gives sole jurisdiction to the primary state to enforce the primary state's covered laws in the primary state and any secondary state.

Requires the Government Accountability Office to study the effect of this Act on specified health insurance issues.

]]> Health Care Choice Act of 2015 Display Title Health Care Choice Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to repeal title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Health Care Choice Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s647is/xml/BILLS-114s647is.xml 2015-03-03 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.