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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2061 

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

an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage 

mandate, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 28, 2015 

Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois (for himself, Mr. KEATING, Mrs. BUSTOS, Mr. 

CARSON of Indiana, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. 

CONNOLLY, Ms. DELBENE, Ms. ESHOO, Ms. ESTY, Mr. FOSTER, Ms. 

FRANKEL of Florida, Mr. HIMES, Mr. KILMER, Mr. LANGEVIN, Ms. LEE, 

Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. MCNERNEY, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. POCAN, Mr. POLIS, 

Mr. RUSH, Ms. TSONGAS, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. AMODEI, Mr. BARTON, 

Mr. BENISHEK, Mr. BISHOP of Utah, Mrs. BLACK, Mrs. BLACKBURN, 

Mr. BOUSTANY, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. COOK, Mr. FARENTHOLD, Mr. 

FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. GOODLATTE, Ms. GRANGER, Mr. GROTHMAN, 

Mr. GUTHRIE, Mr. HENSARLING, Mr. HUIZENGA of Michigan, Mr. 

HULTGREN, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. 

LATTA, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. MULLIN, Mr. MULVANEY, Mr. NUGENT, Mr. 

OLSON, Mr. PAULSEN, Mr. RIBBLE, Mrs. ROBY, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, 

Mr. ROKITA, Mr. ROTHFUS, Mr. ROONEY of Florida, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. 

SIMPSON, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. STEWART, Mr. TIBERI, Mr. TIPTON, 

Mr. TURNER, Mrs. WAGNER, Mrs. MIMI WALTERS of California, Mr. 

WITTMAN, Mr. WOMACK, Mr. YODER, and Mr. YOUNG of Indiana) 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, and for other 

purposes. 


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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

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

6 SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL RELIGIOUS EXEMPTION FROM 

7 HEALTH COVERAGE RESPONSIBILITY RE8 QUIREMENT. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (A) of section 

10 5000A(d)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 

11 amended to read as follows: 

12 ‘‘(A) RELIGIOUS CONSCIENCE EXEMP13 TIONS.— 

14 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Such term shall 

15 not include any individual for any month if 

16 such individual has in effect an exemption 

17 under section 1311(d)(4)(H) of the Patient 

18 Protection and Affordable Care Act which 

19 certifies that— 

20 ‘‘(I) such individual is a member 

21 of a recognized religious sect or divi22 sion thereof which is described in sec23 tion 1402(g)(1), and is adherent of 

24 established tenets or teachings of such 


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1 sect or division as described in such 

2 section, or 

3 ‘‘(II) such individual is a member 

4 of a religious sect or division thereof 

5 which is not described in section 

6 1402(g)(1), who relies solely on a reli7 gious method of healing, and for 

8 whom the acceptance of medical 

9 health services would be inconsistent 

10 with the religious beliefs of the indi11 vidual. 

12 ‘‘(ii) SPECIAL RULES.— 

13 ‘‘(I) MEDICAL HEALTH SERVICES

14 DEFINED.—For purposes of this sub15 paragraph, the term ‘medical health 

16 services’ does not include routine den17 tal, vision, and hearing services, mid18 wifery services, vaccinations, nec19 essary medical services provided to 

20 children, services required by law or 

21 by a third party, and such other serv22 ices as the Secretary of Health and 

23 Human Services may provide in im24 plementing section 1311(d)(4)(H) of 


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1 the Patient Protection and Affordable 

2 Care Act. 

3 ‘‘(II) ATTESTATION REQUIRED.— 

4 This clause shall apply to an indi5 vidual for months in a taxable year 

6 only if the information provided by 

7 the individual under section 

8 1411(b)(5)(A) of such Act includes an 

9 attestation that the individual has not 

10 received medical health services dur11 ing the preceding taxable year.’’. 

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

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

14 amendments made by section 1501 of the Patient Protec15 tion and Affordable Care Act. 

16 (c) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in the amendment 

17 made by subsection (a) shall preempt any State law re18 quiring the provision of medical treatment for children, 

19 especially those who are seriously ill. 

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