[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4849 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4849

To prohibit discrimination in Federal assisted health care services and 
 research programs on the basis of sex, race, color, national origin, 
               sexual orientation, or disability status.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 19, 2007

Ms. Richardson introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit discrimination in Federal assisted health care services and 
 research programs on the basis of sex, race, color, national origin, 
               sexual orientation, or disability status.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Equal Rights for Health Care Act 
Title 42''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON DISCRIMINATION IN FEDERAL ASSISTED HEALTH CARE 
              SERVICES AND RESEARCH PROGRAMS ON THE BASIS OF SEX, RACE, 
              COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, OR DISABILITY 
              STATUS.

    No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, race, 
color, national origin, sexual orientation, or disability status, be 
excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be 
subjected to discrimination under any health care service or research 
program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.
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