II 110th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 20 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES November 20, 2008 Mrs. Clinton (for herself and Mrs. Murray) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To prohibit the implementation or enforcement of certain regulations.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Protecting Patients and Health Care Act.

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Limitation on regulations

The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall not finalize, enforce, implement, or take other action in furtherance of proposed regulations of the Department of Health and Human Services, 73 Fed. Reg. 50274 (August 26, 2008) (purportedly under the authority of section 401 of the Health Programs Extension Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 300a–7), commonly referred to as the Church Amendments, section 245 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 238n), and section 508(d) of division G of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–161), commonly referred to as the Weldon Amendment).