Patient Freedom Act of 2014

Bill: 114-hr-143
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Jolly, David W. [R-FL-13]
Introduced: 2015-01-06
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Comprehensive health care

Health care costs and insurance

Health care coverage and access

Sales and excise taxes

Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Latest action: action_date: 2015-02-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-01-06
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Patient Freedom Act of 2014 [<em>sic</em>]</strong></p> <p>Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal, after 2013, the requirement that individuals maintain minimum essential health care coverage.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 143 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 6, 2015 Mr. Jolly introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the individual health insurance mandate.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Patient Freedom Act of 2014 . 2. Repeal of individual health insurance mandate (a) In general Section 5000A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (h) Termination This section shall not apply with respect to any month beginning after December 31, 2013. . (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to taxable years ending after December 31, 2013.