HR 973 113th Congress House

Religious Freedom Tax Repeal Act of 2013

Official title: To exempt employers from any excise tax and certain suits and penalties in the case of a failure of a group health plan to provide coverage to which an employe… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To exempt employers from any excise tax and certain suits and penalties in the case of a failure of a group health plan to provide coverage to which an employer objects on the basis of religious belief or moral conviction.

Introduced: March 13, 2013 See on congress.gov

Health Civil actions and liabilityComprehensive health careEmployee benefits and pensionsFirst Amendment rights

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Health care costs and insuranceHealth care coverage and accessHealth promotion and preventive careReligionSales and excise taxesWomen's health

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Apr 23, 2013

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

Mar 8, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Mar 5, 2013

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.

Mar 5, 2013

Introduced in House

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Latest action April 23, 2013

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

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Religious Freedom Tax Repeal Act of 2013 - 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.

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