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Health Care Choice Act of 2015

Introduced: March 3, 2015 Introduced by: Cruz, Ted Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mar 3, 2015
Introduced in Senate
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Health Care Choice Act of 2015

Repeals the health insurance and health coverage expansion requirements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and related requirements of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. Restores provisions of law amended or repealed by those provisions.

Amends the Public Health Service Act to provide that the laws of the state designated by a health insurance issuer (primary state) apply to individual health insurance coverage offered by that issuer in the primary state and in any other state (secondary state), but only if the coverage and issuer comply with the conditions of this Act.

Exempts issuers from any secondary state's laws that would prohibit or regulate the operation of the issuer in that state, subject to certain restrictions imposed by that state.

Gives sole jurisdiction to the primary state to enforce the primary state's covered laws in the primary state and any secondary state.

Requires the Government Accountability Office to study the effect of this Act on specified health insurance issues.

What's happening now March 3, 2015

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Related & companion bills 4
  • HR 2300 Related bill Empowering Patients First Act of 2015
  • HR 2653 Related bill American Health Care Reform Act of 2015
  • S 2519 Related bill Empowering Patients First Act of 2015
  • HR 543 Identical bill Health Care Choice Act of 2015
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 2
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Barrasso, John
Wyoming · Mar 3, 2015
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Crapo, Mike
Idaho · Mar 3, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 647: Health Care Choice Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-647/
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"S. 647: Health Care Choice Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-647/.
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