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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1814 

To amend section 5000A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide 

an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 26, 2013 

Mr. SCHOCK (for himself, Mr. KEATING, Mr. BRIDENSTINE, Mr. BURGESS, 

Mr. COFFMAN, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. 

RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. FORBES, Mr. GARRETT, 

Mr. GOODLATTE, Ms. GRANGER, Mr. GRIFFITH of Virginia, Ms. 

HANABUSA, Mr. HULTGREN, Mr. KINZINGER of Illinois, Mrs. CAROLYN

B. MALONEY of New York, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MICHAUD, Ms. MOORE, 

Mr. PEARCE, Mr. PETRI, Ms. PINGREE of Maine, Mr. POCAN, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. ROKITA, Mr. ROSKAM, Mr. ROYCE, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, 

Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. 

SMITH of Texas, Mr. TIBERI, Mr. WOMACK, Mr. YOUNG of Florida, Mr. 

YOUNG of Alaska, Mr. YOUNG of Indiana, Mr. WELCH, Mr. WOLF, Mr. 

GARDNER, Mr. LIPINSKI, and Mr. PERLMUTTER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 

A BILL 

To amend section 5000A of the Internal Revenue Code of 

1986 to provide an additional religious exemption from 

the individual health coverage mandate. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Equitable Access to 

3 Care and Health Act’’ or the ‘‘EACH Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL RELIGIOUS EXEMPTION TO HEALTH 

5 COVERAGE MANDATE. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (2) of section 

7 5000A(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amend8 ed by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 

9 ‘‘(C) ADDITIONAL RELIGIOUS EXEMP10 TION.— 

11 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Such term shall 

12 not include an individual for any month 

13 during a taxable year if such individual 

14 files a sworn statement, as part of the re15 turn of tax for the taxable year, that the 

16 individual was not covered under minimum 

17 essential coverage at any time during such 

18 taxable year and that the individual’s sin19 cerely held religious beliefs would cause the 

20 individual to object to medical health care 

21 that would be covered under such coverage. 

22 ‘‘(ii) NULLIFIED IF RECEIPT OF MED23 ICAL HEALTH CARE DURING TAXABLE

24 YEAR.—Clause (i) shall not apply to an in25 dividual for any month during a taxable 


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1 year if the individual received medical 

2 health care during the taxable year. 

3 ‘‘(iii) MEDICAL HEALTH CARE DE4 FINED.—For purposes of this subpara5 graph, the term ‘medical health care’ 

6 means voluntary health treatment by or 

7 supervised by a medical doctor that would 

8 be covered under minimum essential cov9 erage and— 

10 ‘‘(I) includes voluntary acute care 

11 treatment at hospital emergency 

12 rooms, walk-in clinics, or similar fa13 cilities, and 

14 ‘‘(II) excludes— 

15 ‘‘(aa) treatment not admin16 istered or supervised by a med17 ical doctor, such as chiropractic 

18 treatment, dental care, mid19 wifery, personal care assistance, 

20 or optometry, 

21 ‘‘(bb) physical examinations 

22 or treatment where required by 

23 law or third parties, such as a 

24 prospective employer, and 

25 ‘‘(cc) vaccinations.’’. 


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1 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

2 subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in the 

3 amendments made by section 1501 of the Patient Protec4 tion and Affordable Care Act. 

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