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HR 3897 112th Congress House Health Administrative law and regulatory procedures Department of Health and Human Services Family planning and birth control Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Health promotion and preventive care Religion

Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 2012

Introduced: February 3, 2012 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 10, 2012
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 3, 2012
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Feb 3, 2012
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 2012 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to prohibit any guideline or regulation issued relating to the coverage of preventive health services under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) or any other provision of PPACA to: (1) require any individual or entity to offer, provide, or purchase coverage for a contraceptive or sterilization service, or related education or counseling, to which that individual or entity is opposed on the basis of religious belief; or (2) require any individual or entity opposed by reason of religious belief to provide coverage of a contraceptive or sterilization service or to engage in government-mandated speech regarding such a service.

Declares that nothing in PPACA and no regulations or guidelines issued under PPACA shall be construed to authorize the imposition of a sanction or otherwise disadvantage an individual or entity on the basis of a religiously based decision made by that individual or entity to not offer, provide, or purchase coverage or a contraceptive or sterilization service, or to engage in a government-mandated speech regarding such service.

What's happening now February 10, 2012

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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