S 2568
115th Congress
Senate
Taxation
Comprehensive health care
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Religion
Sales and excise taxes
EACH Act
Introduced: March 19, 2018
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 19, 2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mar 19, 2018
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Equitable Access to Care and Health Act or the EACH Act
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the religious conscience exemption under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to exempt individuals who rely solely on a religious method of healing and for whom the acceptance of medical health services would be inconsistent with their religious beliefs from the requirement to purchase and maintain minimum essential health care coverage.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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