[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1159 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1159

 To repeal certain provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable 
 Care Act relating to the limitation on the Medicare exception to the 
    prohibition on certain physician referrals for hospitals and to 
transparency reports and reporting of physician ownership or investment 
                               interests.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 17, 2011

Mr. Hastings of Washington (for himself, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mr. 
Sessions, Mr. Thornberry, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Olson, Mr. Barton of Texas, 
 Mr. Schweikert, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Ms. Jackson Lee of Texas, and 
 Mrs. Black) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 
   Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To repeal certain provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable 
 Care Act relating to the limitation on the Medicare exception to the 
    prohibition on certain physician referrals for hospitals and to 
transparency reports and reporting of physician ownership or investment 
                               interests.

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

SECTION 1. REPEAL OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE PATIENT PROTECTION AND 
              AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.

    Effective as of the enactment of the Patient Protection and 
Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148), sections 6001 and 10601 
(relating to limitation on the Medicare exception to the prohibition on 
certain physician referrals for hospitals) and section 6002 (relating 
to transparency reports and reporting of physician ownership or 
investment interests) of such Act are repealed, and the provisions of 
law amended or repealed by such sections are restored or revived as if 
such Act had not been enacted.
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