[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2744 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2744

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 8, 2009

    Ms. Richardson (for herself, Ms. Corrine Brown of Florida, Mrs. 
  Christensen, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Filner, Ms. Kilpatrick of 
    Michigan, Mrs. Maloney, Ms. Norton, Ms. Roybal-Allard, and Ms. 
  Bordallo) 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, gender identity, 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, GENDER 
              IDENTITY, OR DISABILITY STATUS.

    No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, race, 
color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, 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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