Title: Put Patients First Act
Policy area: Health

Summary:
Put Patients First Act  This bill prohibits the application of the rule issued by the Department of Health and Human Services on May 21, 2019, that strengthens the enforcement of conscience and anti-discrimination laws related to the rights of covered health care providers to refuse to participate in certain procedures, such as abortions, sterilization, or assisted suicide.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5036 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5036

To prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from taking any 
  action to implement, enforce, or otherwise give effect to the final 
rule, entitled ``Protecting Statutory Conscience Rights in Health Care; 
                      Delegations of Authority''.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 12, 2019

Mr. Pappas (for himself, Ms. Lee of California, Mrs. Hayes, Ms. Norton, 
 Mr. Casten of Illinois, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Ms. 
Moore, Mr. Rush, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Cisneros, Mr. 
Welch, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Shalala, Ms. Blunt Rochester, Mr. Espaillat, Ms. 
     Escobar, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Speier, Ms. Pressley, Ms. Judy Chu of 
   California, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Haaland, Mr. Smith of Washington, Ms. 
  DeLauro, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Khanna, Ms. DeGette, Mr. 
Ryan, Ms. Meng, Ms. Sanchez, Ms. DelBene, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Carson of 
 Indiana, Mr. Hastings, Mrs. Lee of Nevada, Mrs. Fletcher, Mr. Michael 
 F. Doyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Cardenas, Mrs. Napolitano, 
  Mr. Engel, Mr. Soto, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Trone, Mr. Sires, Ms. Roybal-
 Allard, Mr. Gomez, Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Kennedy, 
    Mr. Foster, Ms. Schrier, Ms. Mucarsel-Powell, Ms. Frankel, Mr. 
    DeSaulnier, Mrs. Lawrence, Miss Rice of New York, Mr. Garcia of 
Illinois, Mr. Sherman, Ms. Bass, Mr. Payne, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Takano, 
Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Sean Patrick 
 Maloney of New York, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Mr. Brendan 
 F. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mrs. Demings, Ms. 
     Sherrill, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Ms. Jayapal, Ms. Brownley of 
  California, Mrs. Lowey, Ms. Wexton, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Loebsack, Mr. 
   Keating, Ms. Plaskett, Mr. Cicilline, Ms. McCollum, Ms. Kelly of 
Illinois, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Higgins of New York, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Levin 
  of Michigan, Mr. Raskin, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. 
   Crist, Mr. McNerney, Mrs. Trahan, and Mr. Kildee) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from taking any 
  action to implement, enforce, or otherwise give effect to the final 
rule, entitled ``Protecting Statutory Conscience Rights in Health Care; 
                      Delegations of Authority''.

    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 ``Put Patients First Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITING IMPLEMENTATION OF FINAL RULE.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services may not take any action to implement, enforce, or 
otherwise give effect to the final rule, entitled ``Protecting 
Statutory Conscience Rights in Health Care; Delegations of Authority'' 
(84 Fed. Reg. 23170-23272, May 21, 2019).
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