HR 6097 112th Congress House Health Civil actions and liability Comprehensive health care Employee benefits and pensions First Amendment rights Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Health promotion and preventive care Religion Sales and excise taxes Women's health

Religious Freedom Tax Repeal Act of 2012

Introduced: July 24, 2012 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps

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Became law

Sep 26, 2012

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.

Jul 13, 2012

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Jul 10, 2012

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, 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.

Jul 10, 2012

Introduced in House

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Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Religious Freedom Tax Repeal Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt an employer opposed by reason of adherence to a religious belief or moral conviction from the tax penalty imposed for failure of a group health plan to cover required women's preventive care and screenings.

Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to prohibit the Secretary of Labor from bringing an action against a plan to enforce any requirement to provide such coverage to which an employer is opposed by reason of adherence to a religious belief or moral conviction.

Exempts group health plans from penalties under state and federal enforcement provisions of the Public Health Service Act for failure to meet such women's health requirements insofar as they concern coverage to which an employer is opposed on the basis of religious belief or moral conviction.

What's happening now September 26, 2012

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.

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