Summary of Amendments Submitted to the Rules Committee for H.R. 45 - To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and health care-related provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010

Summaries Derived from Information Provided by Sponsors

Listed in Alphabetical Order

May 15, 2013 11:03 AM

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Bachmann (MN)	#8	Ensures a full repeal of the Affordable Care Act including the IPAB expedited procedures (subsection (d) of section 1899A of the Social Security Act) contained in the Act.
Grayson (FL)	#9	Strikes the word “the” after “repeal” and strikes “Act and” and all that follows in the long title. The resulting title of this bill would read: “To repeal Patient Protection and Affordable Care.”
Jackson Lee (TX)	#2	Ensures Medicare reimbursement to all hospitals including physician owned Hospitals with 100 beds or more and have reliable records to document their claims for reimbursement notwithstanding any other provision of law.
Jackson Lee (TX)	#3	REVISED Authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services to provide funds to establish and support Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) by the Department of Health and Human Services.
Jackson Lee (TX)	#4	REVISED Expands state use of the Medicaid option when the uninsured rate of qualifying residents exceeds 20 percent of the population. An alternative to Medicaid is provided to States who submit a plan to the Secretary of Health and Human Services to reduce the rate of uninsured to 20% or below.
Jackson Lee (TX)	#5	REVISED Establishes a program to conduct studies of minority health disparities. The Secretary of Health and Human Services must submit an annual report of findings regarding disparities and recommendations to reduce minority health disparities to Congress.
Jackson Lee (TX)	#6	SUBSTITUTE REVISED Expresses the Sense of the Congress that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is law in the United States of America and the United States Supreme Court has affirmed it as being constitutional. The amendment then directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to report to Congress on the impact of the law on those it is intended to help.
Jackson Lee (TX)	#7	SUBSTITUTE Removes all of the bill text following the enacting clause of the legislation.
Ross (FL)	#1	REVISED Establishes the following: (1) Health insurance access for those who are high-risk and/or have pre-existing conditions; (2) regulatory criteria for inter-state health insurance portability; and (3) tax deduction for parents who establish an HSA account for their child to use upon turning 18 AND obtaining their own insurance coverage.