HR 1908
113th Congress
House
Health
Comprehensive health care
Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Income tax credits
FREE Act
Introduced: May 9, 2013
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 8, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
May 10, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 9, 2013
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, 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.
May 9, 2013
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Federal Repeal of Expensive Exchanges Act or the FREE Act - Repeals provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) providing for: (1) a health insurance premium assistance tax credit and advance payments for credit amounts, (2) reductions in out-of-pocket health care expenses for certain low income taxpayers (cost-sharing) and advance payments of cost-sharing amounts, (3) the individual mandate to purchase health care coverage under PPACA, and (4) the employer mandate to provide health care coverage to employees under PPACA and the reporting requirements with respect to such mandate.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.