[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2817 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2817

  To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to remove the 
   non-discrimination requirements relating to health care providers.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 24, 2013

  Mr. Harris introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to remove the 
   non-discrimination requirements relating to health care providers.

    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 ``Protect Patient Access to Quality 
Health Professionals Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. REMOVING NON-DISCRIMINATION REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO HEALTH 
              CARE PROVIDERS.

    Section 2706 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg-5) 
is amended by striking ``non-discrimination in health care'' and all 
that follows through ``The provisions of section 1558'' and inserting 
the following: ``non-discrimination in health care.
    ``The provisions of section 1558''.
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