Put Patients First Act

Bill: 116-s-2836
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2019-11-12
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Congressional oversight

Department of Health and Human Services

Employment discrimination and employee rights

Health personnel

Health programs administration and funding

Religion
Latest action: action_date: 2019-11-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-11-12
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Put Patients First Act</b><br> <br> 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.</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2836 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES November 12, 2019 Mrs. Murray (for herself, Ms. Baldwin , Mr. Merkley , Ms. Hassan , Ms. Hirono , Mrs. Gillibrand , Mr. Leahy , Mr. Markey , Mrs. Shaheen , Mr. Booker , Mr. Blumenthal , Mrs. Feinstein , Mr. Menendez , Mr. Van Hollen , Mr. Brown , Ms. Rosen , Mr. Sanders , Ms. Harris , Ms. Klobuchar , Ms. Warren , Ms. Cantwell , Mr. Wyden , Mr. Murphy , Ms. Cortez Masto , Mr. Kaine , Mr. Bennet , Ms. Duckworth , Ms. Smith , Ms. Stabenow , and Mr. Cardin ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 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 .

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Put Patients First Act . 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).