Taxpayer Conscience Protection Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-489
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Olson, Pete [R-TX-22]
Introduced: 2015-01-22
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion

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Latest action: action_date: 2015-01-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-01-22
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Taxpayer Conscience Protection Act of 2015</b></p> <p> Directs each state that makes a Medicaid payment from federal funds during the fiscal year for any items or services furnished by an abortion provider to: (1) report to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) on all such payments, and (2) publish the report on a public Internet website of the state.</p> <p>Requires an annual report to specified congressional committees on such reports, which shall also be published on a public HHS website.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 489 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 22, 2015 Mr. Olson (for himself, Mr. Sessions , Mr. Jones , Mrs. Roby , Mr. Nunnelee , Mr. Brady of Texas , and Mr. Pearce ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To require States to report information on Medicaid payments to abortion providers.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Taxpayer Conscience Protection Act of 2015 . 2. Required reporting of medicaid payments to abortion providers (a) In general Not later than 60 days after the end of fiscal year 2015 and each fiscal year thereafter, each State that makes a Medicaid payment from Federal funds during the fiscal year for any items or services furnished by an abortion provider shall— (1) submit to the Secretary a report on all such payments; and (2) publish the report on a public Internet website of the State. (b) Report described The report under subsection (a) shall, with respect to each payment, include the following: (1) A specification of the amount of the payment. (2) A specification of the purposes for which the payment was made. (3) A comparison of the amount of the payment with the amount of any such payment to the provider involved in any prior fiscal year. (4) A specification of the number of abortions performed during the fiscal year by the provider involved. (c) Report to congress Not later than 90 days after the end of each fiscal year, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and to the Committee on Finance of the Senate, and publish on a public Internet website of the Department of Health and Human Services, a report that— (1) contains the reports submitted pursuant to subsection (a) for the fiscal year; and (2) includes a summary of the reports. (d) Definitions In this section: (1) Abortion provider The term abortion provider means an entity that— (A) performs (or refers an individual for) an abortion; or (B) controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, an entity described in subparagraph (A). (2) Medicaid payment from Federal funds The term Medicaid payment from Federal funds means a payment for which there is Federal financial participation under title XIX of the Social Security Act. (3) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of Health and Human Services. (4) State The term State has the meaning given the term for purposes of title XIX of the Social Security Act. (e) Conforming amendments to Social Security Act Section 1902(a) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396a(a) ) is amended— (1) by striking and at the end of paragraph (80); (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (81) and inserting ; and ; and (3) by inserting after paragraph (81) the following: (82) provide for the submission of reports in accordance with section 2 of the Taxpayer Conscience Protection Act of 2015. .