[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 570 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 570

          To make certain regulations have no force or effect.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 15, 2009

 Ms. DeGette (for herself, Mr. Abercrombie, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Boucher, 
   Mrs. Capps, Mr. Connolly of Virginia, Mr. Farr, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. 
Harman, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Kennedy, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Loebsack, 
     Mrs. Lowey, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Moore of Kansas, Mr. Murphy of 
  Connecticut, Mr. Nadler of New York, Mr. Rothman of New Jersey, Ms. 
 Schakowsky, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Stark, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Welch, and Ms. 
   Woolsey) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
          To make certain regulations have no force or effect.

    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 ``Protecting Patients and Health Care 
Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. REGULATIONS ON CERTAIN FEDERAL HEALTH CARE STATUTES.

    The final regulations issued by the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services entitled ``Ensuring That Department of Health and Human 
Services Funds Do Not Support Coercive or Discriminatory Policies or 
Practices in Violation of Federal Law'', 73 Fed. Reg. 78072 (December 
19, 2008), shall have no force or effect.
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