H.R. 596 · 114th Congress
To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and health care-related provisions in the Health…
Full title
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.
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- House Introduced Jan 28, 2015
- House Passed Feb 3, 2015 239–186
What it does: CRS summary · Passed House amended · Feb 3, 2015
(Sec. 1) This bill repeals the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the health care provisions of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. The repeal is effective 180 days after enactment of this Act. Provisions of law amended by the repealed provisions are restored.
(Sec. 2) The budgetary effects of this bill must not be entered on the PAYGO scorecards maintained by the Office of Management and Budget.
(Sec. 3) The Committees on Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce, the Judiciary, and Ways and Means of the House of Representatives must report legislation within each committee's jurisdiction with provisions that:
- foster economic growth and private sector job creation;
- lower health care premiums;
- preserve a patient's ability to keep their health plan;
- provide people with preexisting conditions access to affordable health coverage;
- reform the medical liability system to reduce unnecessary health care spending;
- increase the number of insured Americans;
- protect the doctor-patient relationship;
- provide states greater flexibility to administer Medicaid programs while reducing costs;
- expand incentives to encourage personal responsibility for health care coverage and costs;
- prohibit taxpayer funding of abortions and provide conscience protections for health care providers;
- eliminate duplicative government programs and wasteful spending; or
- do not accelerate the growth of entitlement programs or increase the tax burden on Americans.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
Votes to become law
About this bill and sources
Official title: 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.
Latest action (Apr 24, 2015): Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Policy area: Health · Origin: House · Introduced: Jan 28, 2015
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- House Introduced Jan 28, 2015
- House Passed Feb 3, 2015 239–186
Final vote · House · Feb 3, 2015
Passage — Passed. Vote details
Speaker of the House: John A. Boehner
Table of every position
All recorded votes (2)
- Passage Passed
House · Feb 3, 2015 · “On Passage” · Speaker: John A. Boehner - Sending back to committee (motion to recommit) Failed
House · Feb 3, 2015 · “On Motion to Recommit with Instructions” · Speaker: John A. Boehner