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HR 3982 112th Congress House Health Administrative law and regulatory procedures Comprehensive health care 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 Liberty Protection Act of 2012

Introduced: February 8, 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 8, 2012
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Feb 8, 2012
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Religious Liberty Protection Act of 2012 - Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) from implementing or enforcing any provision of the interim final rule published on July 19, 2010, related to the coverage of preventive health services under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) or any amendment to such rule insofar as such provision or amendment require any individual or entity to provide coverage of sterilization or contraceptive services to which the individual or entity is opposed on the basis of religious belief.

Amends PPACA to declare that a health plan shall not be considered to have failed to provide essential health benefits, to fail to be a qualified health plan, or to fail to fulfill any other requirements on the basis that the plan does not provide or pay for coverage of sterilization or contraceptive services because: (1) providing or paying for such coverage is contrary to the religious or moral beliefs of the sponsor, issuer, or other entity offering the plan; or (2) such coverage, in the case of individual coverage, is contrary to the religious or moral beliefs of the purchaser or beneficiary of the coverage.

What's happening now February 10, 2012

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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