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[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3439 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 579
116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3439

                      [Report No. 116-696, Part I]

 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and title XI of the Social 
  Security Act to extend appropriations and transfers to the Patient-
  Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund and to extend certain health 
       insurance fees for such transfers, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 24, 2019

  Mr. Beyer introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy 
    and Commerce, 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

                           December 24, 2020

    Reported from the Committee on Ways and Means with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

                           December 24, 2020

Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged; committed to the Committee 
 of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
 [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 
                               24, 2019)]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 
 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and title XI of the Social 
  Security Act to extend appropriations and transfers to the Patient-
  Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund and to extend certain health 
       insurance fees for such transfers, and for other purposes.

 

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Access To Information for 
Effective & Necessary Treatment and Services Act'' or the ``PATIENTS 
Act''.

SEC. 2. EXTENDING APPROPRIATIONS AND TRANSFERS TO THE PATIENT-CENTERED 
              OUTCOMES RESEARCH TRUST FUND; EXTENSION OF CERTAIN HEALTH 
              INSURANCE FEES.

    (a) In General.--
            (1) Internal revenue code.--Section 9511 of the Internal 
        Revenue Code of 1986 is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (b)(1)(E), by striking ``2014'' 
                and all that follows through ``2019'' and inserting 
                ``2014 through 2026'';
                    (B) in subsection (d)(2)(A), by striking ``2019'' 
                and inserting ``2026''; and
                    (C) in subsection (f), by striking ``2019'' and 
                inserting ``2026''.
            (2) Title xi of the social security act.--Section 
        1183(a)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320e-2(a)(2)) 
        is amended by striking ``2014'' and all that follows through 
        ``2019'' and inserting ``2014 through 2026''.
    (b) Extension of Certain Health Insurance Fees.--
            (1) Health insurance policies.--Section 4375(e) of the 
        Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``2019'' 
        and inserting ``2026''.
            (2) Self-insured health plans.--Section 4376(e) of the 
        Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``2019'' 
        and inserting ``2026''.
    (c) PCORI Research Priorities.--Section 1181(d)(1)(A) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320e(d)(1)(A)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new sentence: ``Such national priorities shall include 
research with respect to substance use (including opioid use 
disorders), mental health, and maternal morbidity and mortality.''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 579

116th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 3439

                      [Report No. 116-696, Part I]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and title XI of the Social 
  Security Act to extend appropriations and transfers to the Patient-
  Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund and to extend certain health 
       insurance fees for such transfers, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           December 24, 2020

    Reported from the Committee on Ways and Means with an amendment

                           December 24, 2020

Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged; committed to the Committee 
 of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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