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<dc:title>114 HR 596 PCS: To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and health care-related provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
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		<distribution-code display="yes">II</distribution-code>
		<calendar>Calendar No. 14</calendar><congress>114th CONGRESS</congress>
		<session>1st Session</session>
		<legis-num>H. R. 596</legis-num>
		<current-chamber display="yes">IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber><action><action-date>February 4, 2015</action-date><action-desc>Received; read the first time</action-desc></action><action><action-date>February 5, 2015</action-date><action-desc>Read the second time and placed on the calendar</action-desc></action><legis-type>AN ACT</legis-type>
		<official-title display="yes">To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and health care-related provisions in the
			 Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, and for other
			 purposes.</official-title>
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		<section id="HB893199FE2834720A09F19E2335FF0D0" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Repeal of PPACA and health care-related provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation
			 Act of 2010</header>
 <subsection id="H36657A5A409544248566D9457FEE85D9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>PPACA</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective on the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/148">Public Law 111–148</external-xref>) is repealed, and the provisions of law amended or repealed by such Act are restored or revived as if such Act had not been enacted.</text>
 </subsection><subsection id="H0672DE88E3C440FC8D85AB230BB59C3F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Health care-Related provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective on the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, title I and subtitle B of title II of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/152">Public Law 111–152</external-xref>) are repealed, and the provisions of law amended or repealed by such title or subtitle, respectively, are restored or revived as if such title and subtitle had not been enacted.</text>
 </subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBEE8ADD9942944CBA538079949EFF4D8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>2.</enum><header>Budgetary effects</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The budgetary effects of this Act shall not be entered on either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010.</text>
 </section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H85C947221D7C400BA1CEB6B767B9A15F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>3.</enum><header>Reporting replacement legislation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The <committee-name committee-id="HIF00">Committee on Education and the Workforce, the Committee on Energy and Commerce</committee-name>, <committee-name committee-id="HWM00"> the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives</committee-name> shall each report to the House of Representatives legislation proposing changes to existing law within each committee’s jurisdiction with provisions that—</text>
 <paragraph id="H316700D283D2489B8C44296461F04966"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">foster economic growth and private sector job creation by eliminating job-killing policies and regulations;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph id="H36BED0F99E6B4C0C82AB844347A69684"><enum>(2)</enum><text>lower health care premiums through increased competition and choice;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H64EE7A5BCAA94F4F85FE642DAA343982"><enum>(3)</enum><text>preserve a patient’s ability to keep his or her health plan if he or she likes it;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph id="H844A51CFD7A14A799C9EBBCD50A24A2C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>provide people with pre-existing conditions access to affordable health coverage;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HC47B83D7518047D18C8E2246A6861046"><enum>(5)</enum><text>reform the medical liability system to reduce unnecessary and wasteful health care spending;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph id="HD2CB80910CC84CACA115C462140CB008"><enum>(6)</enum><text>increase the number of insured Americans;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HF293A99A230A4DDFB81A7A792AC0A07C"><enum>(7)</enum><text>protect the doctor-patient relationship;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph id="H5878917A24CF449E983ABDF385B8FA49"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide the States greater flexibility to administer Medicaid programs while reducing costs under such programs;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph id="H0E7BC82EC13F4D0DA3B150D78FB5A2B0"><enum>(9)</enum><text>expand incentives to encourage personal responsibility for health care coverage and costs;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HDD2D941CD2CB40EDB8B626BCB160FBD2"><enum>(10)</enum><text>prohibit taxpayer funding of abortions and provide conscience protections for health care providers;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph id="H64A4C92F2C0B46A6979AAB14358D060D"><enum>(11)</enum><text>eliminate duplicative government programs and wasteful spending; or</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H5079D1A5FFA7430B99E7DBB978899294"><enum>(12)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">do not accelerate the growth of entitlement programs or increase the tax burden on Americans.</text>
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	<attestation><attestation-group><attestation-date chamber="House" date="20150203">Passed the House of Representatives February 3, 2015.</attestation-date><attestor display="yes">Karen L. Haas,</attestor><role>Clerk</role></attestation-group></attestation>
	<endorsement display="yes"><action-date>February 5, 2015</action-date><action-desc>Read the second time and placed on the calendar</action-desc></endorsement>
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