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                                                 Union Calendar No. 204
114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2061

                          [Report No. 114-268]

To amend section 5000A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide 
 an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage 
                    mandate, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 28, 2015

 Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois (for himself, Mr. Keating, Mrs. Bustos, 
  Mr. Carson of Indiana, Mr. Cartwright, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. 
Connolly, Ms. DelBene, Ms. Eshoo, Ms. Esty, Mr. Foster, Ms. Frankel of 
 Florida, Mr. Himes, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Langevin, Ms. Lee, Mr. Lipinski, 
Mr. McNerney, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Polis, Mr. Rush, Ms. Tsongas, 
Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Amodei, Mr. Barton, Mr. Benishek, Mr. Bishop of Utah, 
 Mrs. Black, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Boustany, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Cook, Mr. 
  Farenthold, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. Goodlatte, Ms. Granger, Mr. 
 Grothman, Mr. Guthrie, Mr. Hensarling, Mr. Huizenga of Michigan, Mr. 
Hultgren, Mr. Johnson of Ohio, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Latta, Mr. 
 Meehan, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Mulvaney, Mr. Nugent, Mr. Olson, Mr. Paulsen, 
 Mr. Ribble, Mrs. Roby, Mr. Roe of Tennessee, Mr. Rokita, Mr. Rothfus, 
 Mr. Rooney of Florida, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Smith of Texas, 
Mr. Stewart, Mr. Tiberi, Mr. Tipton, Mr. Turner, Mrs. Wagner, Mrs. Mimi 
  Walters of California, Mr. Wittman, Mr. Womack, Mr. Yoder, and Mr. 
Young of Indiana) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                    the Committee on Ways and Means

                           September 28, 2015

  Additional sponsors: Ms. Lofgren, Mrs. Noem, Mr. Rigell, Mr. Poe of 
    Texas, Ms. Herrera Beutler, Mr. Long, Mr. Young of Alaska, Mr. 
   Peterson, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, Mr. Thompson of 
 Pennsylvania, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Huelskamp, Mr. Kinzinger of 
Illinois, Ms. Kuster, Mr. Flores, Mr. Ruiz, Mr. Joyce, Ms. Brownley of 
   California, Mr. Courtney, Mr. Barletta, Mr. Duffy, Mr. Murphy of 
   Florida, Mr. Ben Ray Lujan of New Mexico, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mrs. 
  Lawrence, Mr. Carney, Mr. Crawford, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Roskam, Mr. 
    Gowdy, Mr. McCaul, Mr. Marchant, Mr. Griffith, Mr. Conaway, Mr. 
Walberg, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. 
 Neal, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Clay, Mr. Royce, Mrs. Miller of Michigan, Mr. 
Bera, Mr. Honda, Mr. Lucas, Mr. Schweikert, Ms. Moore, Ms. Judy Chu of 
California, Mr. Ruppersberger, Ms. Jenkins of Kansas, Mr. Holding, Mr. 
 Duncan of South Carolina, Mr. Stivers, Mr. Farr, Mr. Bridenstine, Mr. 
 Smith of Washington, Mr. Harris, Mr. Garrett, Mr. Pearce, Mr. Peters, 
   Mr. Smith of Missouri, Mr. Crenshaw, Ms. Meng, Mr. Sam Johnson of 
 Texas, Mr. Renacci, Mr. Kind, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Duncan of Tennessee, Mr. 
 Forbes, Mr. Perlmutter, Mr. Coffman, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, 
Mr. Conyers, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Nolan, Mrs. McMorris Rodgers, Mr. Brady 
 of Texas, Mr. Hurt of Virginia, Mr. Neugebauer, Mr. Welch, Mr. Dold, 
Mr. Culberson, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. Trott, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. 
  Richmond, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Westmoreland, Mr. McHenry, Ms. Michelle 
 Lujan Grisham of New Mexico, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Takai, Mr. Calvert, Mr. 
  Costello of Pennsylvania, Miss Rice of New York, Mr. Lowenthal, Mr. 
    Issa, Mr. Weber of Texas, Ms. Maxine Waters of California, Mr. 
    Williams, Mr. Collins of New York, Mr. O'Rourke, and Mr. Sherman

                           September 28, 2015

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
 [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 
                               28, 2015]

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend section 5000A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide 
 an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage 
                    mandate, and for other purposes.


 


    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 ``Equitable Access to Care and Health 
Act'' or the ``EACH Act''.

SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL RELIGIOUS EXEMPTION FROM HEALTH COVERAGE 
              RESPONSIBILITY REQUIREMENT.

    (a) In General.--Section 5000A(d)(2)(A) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows:
                    ``(A) Religious conscience exemptions.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Such term shall not 
                        include any individual for any month if such 
                        individual has in effect an exemption under 
                        section 1311(d)(4)(H) of the Patient Protection 
                        and Affordable Care Act which certifies that--
                                    ``(I) such individual is a member 
                                of a recognized religious sect or 
                                division thereof which is described in 
                                section 1402(g)(1), and is adherent of 
                                established tenets or teachings of such 
                                sect or division as described in such 
                                section, or
                                    ``(II) such individual is a member 
                                of a religious sect or division thereof 
                                which is not described in section 
                                1402(g)(1), who relies solely on a 
                                religious method of healing, and for 
                                whom the acceptance of medical health 
                                services would be inconsistent with the 
                                religious beliefs of the individual.
                            ``(ii) Special rules.--
                                    ``(I) Medical health services 
                                defined.--For purposes of this 
                                subparagraph, the term `medical health 
                                services' does not include routine 
                                dental, vision, and hearing services, 
                                midwifery services, vaccinations, 
                                necessary medical services provided to 
                                children, services required by law or 
                                by a third party, and such other 
                                services as the Secretary of Health and 
                                Human Services may provide in 
                                implementing section 1311(d)(4)(H) of 
                                the Patient Protection and Affordable 
                                Care Act.
                                    ``(II) Attestation required.--
                                Clause (i)(II) shall apply to an 
                                individual for months in a taxable year 
                                only if the information provided by the 
                                individual under section 1411(b)(5)(A) 
                                of such Act includes an attestation 
                                that the individual has not received 
                                medical health services during the 
                                preceding taxable year.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2013.
    (c) Construction.--Nothing in the amendment made by subsection (a) 
shall preempt any State law requiring the provision of medical 
treatment for children, especially those who are seriously ill.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 204

114th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 2061

                          [Report No. 114-268]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

To amend section 5000A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide 
 an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage 
                    mandate, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           September 28, 2015

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed