US Congress House Bill 2300 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 85-0)
Status: Introduced on May 13 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-11-16 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Empowering Patients First Act of 2015 This bill repeals the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the health care provisions of the Health Care and Education and Reconciliation Act of 2010, effective as of their enactment. This bill replaces those provisions with amendments to the Internal Revenue Code, the Public Health Service Act, and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to address health care coverage. The bill provides for refundable tax credits for health insurance coverage and health savings account (HSA) contributions. The bill raises the annual HSA contribution limit, expands eligibility for tax-deductible HSA contributions, and allows HSAs to be used to pay periodic or capitated primary care fees. A limit is placed on the amount of an employer's contribution to health coverage that can be excluded from the employee's taxable income. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must provide a grant to each state for high-risk pools or reinsurance pools to subsidize health insurance for high-risk populations and individuals. Funds authorized, tax credits, and tax deductions under this Act may not be used to pay for an abortion or health coverage that includes abortion, with exceptions. This bill provides for the establishment and governance of independent health pools, entities that form risk pools to offer health insurance coverage to their members. Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2015 This bill provides for the establishment and governance of association health plans, which are group health plans sponsored by business associations that meet certain ERISA certification requirements. Health insurers offering individual coverage may deny coverage to an individual, outside of open enrollment periods. Preexisting conditions may be excluded from coverage under certain conditions. Individual health insurance coverage is governed by the laws of a state designated by the health insurance issuer. HHS must issue clinical practice guidelines. The bill specifies how these guidelines may be used in a health care lawsuit. HHS may not use comparative effectiveness research or patient-centered outcomes research to deny coverage of an item or service under a federal health care program. This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to permit Medicare beneficiaries to contract with a physician or practitioner for covered health care and submit a claim for payment under Medicare. Health care professionals are exempted from federal and state antitrust laws in connection with negotiations with a health plan to provide health care items or services.

Empowering Patients First Act of 2015

Rep. Tom Price [R-GA]	Rep. Jeb Hensarling [R-TX]	Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]	Rep. Andy Harris [R-MD]
Rep. Dan Benishek [R-MI]	Rep. Renee Ellmers [R-NC]	Rep. Larry Bucshon [R-IN]	Rep. Robert Pittenger [R-NC]
Rep. Mark Meadows [R-NC]	Rep. Jeff Duncan [R-SC]	Rep. David McKinley [R-WV]	Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]
Rep. Trent Franks [R-AZ]	Rep. Scott Tipton [R-CO]	Rep. Daniel Webster [R-FL]	Rep. Lynn Westmoreland [R-GA]
Rep. Scott Rigell [R-VA]	Rep. Doug Lamborn [R-CO]	Rep. Bill Huizenga [R-MI]	Rep. Pete Olson [R-TX]
Rep. Scott Perry [R-PA]	Rep. Ted Yoho [R-FL]	Rep. Mark Amodei [R-NV]	Rep. Keith Rothfus [R-PA]
Rep. Chris Stewart [R-UT]	Rep. David Rouzer [R-NC]	Rep. Frank Guinta [R-NH]	Rep. Diane Black [R-TN]
Rep. Evan Jenkins [R-WV]	Rep. Scott DesJarlais [R-TN]	Rep. Vicky Hartzler [R-MO]	Rep. Joseph Heck [R-NV]
Rep. Jeff Miller [R-FL]	Rep. Mick Mulvaney [R-SC]	Rep. Reid Ribble [R-WI]	Rep. Tom Rice [R-SC]
Rep. David Roe [R-TN]	Rep. Peter Roskam [R-IL]	Rep. Brad Wenstrup [R-OH]	Rep. Joe Wilson [R-SC]
Rep. Rob Woodall [R-GA]	Rep. Kevin Yoder [R-KS]	Rep. Stevan Pearce [R-NM]	Rep. Gregg Harper [R-MS]
Rep. Tom McClintock [R-CA]	Rep. Trey Gowdy [R-SC]	Rep. Bob Goodlatte [R-VA]	Rep. Randy Hultgren [R-IL]
Rep. Rob Bishop [R-UT]	Rep. Ken Calvert [R-CA]	Rep. Matt Salmon [R-AZ]	Rep. Sam Johnson [R-TX]
Rep. Tim Walberg [R-MI]	Rep. Kenny Marchant [R-TX]	Rep. Michael Conaway [R-TX]	Rep. Luke Messer [R-IN]
Rep. Steven Palazzo [R-MS]	Rep. Mike Bishop [R-MI]	Rep. Tom Graves [R-GA]	Rep. Rick Allen [R-GA]
Rep. Randy Forbes [R-VA]	Rep. Charles Boustany [R-LA]	Rep. Glenn Grothman [R-WI]	Rep. Bob Gibbs [R-OH]
Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]	Rep. Randy Weber [R-TX]	Rep. Bill Flores [R-TX]	Rep. Bruce Westerman [R-AR]
Rep. Billy Long [R-MO]	Rep. Mike Pompeo [R-KS]	Rep. Vern Buchanan [R-FL]	Rep. Stephen Knight [R-CA]
Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]	Rep. Michael McCaul [R-TX]	Rep. Lou Barletta [R-PA]	Rep. Richard Hudson [R-NC]
Rep. Doug LaMalfa [R-CA]	Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]	Rep. Steve Chabot [R-OH]	Rep. Ander Crenshaw [R-FL]
Rep. Dan Newhouse [R-WA]	Rep. Trent Kelly [R-MS]	Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]	Rep. Earl Carter [R-GA]
Rep. Doug Collins [R-GA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-11-16	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
2015-06-04	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
2015-06-01	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2015-06-01	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
2015-05-15	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2015-05-13	House	Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
2015-05-13	House	Referred to House Appropriations
2015-05-13	House	Referred to House Rules
2015-05-13	House	Referred to House Administration
2015-05-13	House	Referred to House Natural Resources
2015-05-13	House	Referred to House Judiciary
2015-05-13	House	Referred to House Education and the Workforce
2015-05-13	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2015-05-13	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2015-05-13	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, the Judiciary, Natural Resources, House Administration, Rules, Appropriations, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
2015-05-13	House	Introduced in House

HB543 (Related) 2015-04-29 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
HB975 (Related) 2015-03-27 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
HB1650 (Related) 2015-04-07 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
SB647 (Related) 2015-03-03 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
HB2868 (Related) 2015-11-16 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
SB1849 (Related) 2015-07-23 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
HB105 (Related) 2015-02-02 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
HB1752 (Related) 2015-04-21 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
SB2519 (Related) 2016-02-09 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S740-741)
HB5452 (Related) 2016-06-22 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2300/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr2300/BILLS-114hr2300ih.pdf