To repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund.

Bill: 114-hr-1085
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Pitts, Joseph R. [R-PA-16]
Introduced: 2015-02-25
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Appropriations

Government trust funds

Health programs administration and funding

Health promotion and preventive care
Latest action: action_date: 2015-02-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-02-25
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to repeal the establishment of, and appropriation of funds to, the Prevention and Public Health Fund (a fund to provide for expanded and sustained national investment in prevention and public health programs to improve health and help restrain the rate of growth in private and public sector health care costs). Rescinds any unobligated balances appropriated to the Fund.</p> <p>Directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to&nbsp;post a notice of the rescission and the amounts of funds rescinded on the public HHS website&nbsp;within 10 days of enactment of this Act.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1085 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 25, 2015 Mr. Pitts introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund.

1. Repealing Prevention and Public Health Fund (a) In general Section 4002 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300u–11 ) is repealed. (b) Rescission of unobligated funds Of the funds made available by such section 4002, the unobligated balance is rescinded. (c) Notice of Rescission of Unobligated Funds Not later than 10 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall post on the public website of the Department of Health and Human Services a notice of— (1) the rescission, pursuant to subsection (b), of the unobligated balance of funds made available by such section 4002; and (2) the amount of such funds so rescinded.