3.0.0 2568 2023-01-11T13:39:58Z 2023-01-11T13:39:58Z Senate S 2018-03-19 115 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-03-19T21:26:58Z EACH Act 115 1201 HR 2018-07-26 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 529. Related bill CRS SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act 115 6 HR 2018-10-24 Became Public Law No: 115-271. Related bill CRS 2018-03-19 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2018-03-19 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH N P000449 Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] Rob Portman R OH 2018-03-19 True B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2018-05-08 False C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2018-05-14 False K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2018-05-15 False K000384 Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] Timothy Kaine D VA M. 2018-05-16 False R000584 Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] James Risch R ID E. 2018-07-19 False S001197 Sen. Sasse, Ben [R-NE] Ben Sasse R NE 2018-08-01 False L000575 Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] James Lankford R OK 2018-08-01 False S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI 2018-08-16 False M001170 Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] Claire McCaskill D MO 2018-08-16 False D000618 Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] Steve Daines R MT 2018-09-04 False P000595 Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] Gary Peters D MI 2018-09-12 False R000307 Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] PAT ROBERTS R KS 2018-09-18 False S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2018-09-24 False B001236 Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] John Boozman R AR 2018-09-25 False A000360 Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] Lamar Alexander R TN 2018-09-28 False M000934 Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] Jerry Moran R KS 2018-10-03 False Taxation Comprehensive health care Health Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Religion Sales and excise taxes Taxation 00 2018-03-19 Introduced in Senate 2018-04-09T18:28:46Z Equitable Access to Care and Health Act or the EACH Act

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the religious conscience exemption under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to exempt individuals who rely solely on a religious method of healing and for whom the acceptance of medical health services would be inconsistent with their religious beliefs from the requirement to purchase and maintain minimum essential health care coverage.

]]> EACH Act Display Title EACH Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend section 5000A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced EACH Act Short Titles as Introduced Equitable Access to Care and Health Act Introduced in Senate 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s2568is/xml/BILLS-115s2568is.xml 2018-03-19 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.