Preserving Patients' Choices Act - Repeals provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act providing for the establishment and funding of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to identify priorities for, and establish, update, and carry out, a national comparative outcomes research project agenda. Restores provisions of law as if such provisions had not been enacted. Rescinds the unobligated balance of funds made available for such Institute.
Repeals the health information technology provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). Restores provisions of law as if such provisions had not been enacted. Rescinds all unobligated balances remaining available for the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.
Requires the total amount rescinded by this Act to be deposited in the Treasury to pay down the national debt.
[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 556 Introduced in House (IH)]
112th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 556
To repeal certain provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable
Care Act related to patient centered outcomes research and rescind
unobligated appropriations related to such provisions and to repeal
certain health care-related provisions in the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009 and rescind unobligated appropriations related
to such provisions for purposes of reducing the national debt.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 8, 2011
Mr. McCotter introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on
Appropriations, Ways and Means, Science, Space, and Technology, and the
Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the
jurisdiction of the committee concerned
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A BILL
To repeal certain provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable
Care Act related to patient centered outcomes research and rescind
unobligated appropriations related to such provisions and to repeal
certain health care-related provisions in the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009 and rescind unobligated appropriations related
to such provisions for purposes of reducing the national debt.
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 ``Preserving Patients' Choices Act''.
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF PATIENT-CENTERED OUTCOMES RESEARCH AND RESCISSION OF
UNOBLIGATED FUNDS RELATED TO SUCH RESEARCH.
(a) Repeal.--Section 6301 of the Patient Protection and Affordable
Care Act (Public Law 111-148), as amended by section 10602 of such Act,
is repealed and the provisions of law amended or repealed by such
section 6301 are restored or revived as if such section had not been
enacted.
(b) Rescission.--Of the funds made available by section 9511 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as added by section 6301(e) of the
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or by section 1181(b)(3) of
the Social Security Act, as added by section 6301(a) of the Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act, the unobligated balance is
rescinded.
SEC. 3. REPEAL OF CERTAIN ARRA PROVISIONS AND RESCISSION OF UNOBLIGATED
FUNDS RELATED TO SUCH PROVISIONS.
(a) Repeal.--Each of subtitles A through C of title XIII of
division A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
(Public Law 111-5) are repealed and the provisions of law amended or
repealed by such subtitles are restored or revived as if such subtitles
had not been enacted.
(b) Rescissions.--There are hereby rescinded all unobligated
balances remaining available as of the date of the enactment of this
Act of funds made available by division A of the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5) under the headings ``Agency
for Healthcare Research and Quality'' under title XVIII of such
division and ``Office of the National Coordinator for Health
Information Technology'' under such title.
SEC. 4. USE OF FUNDS TO REDUCE NATIONAL DEBT.
The total amount rescinded by this Act shall be deposited in the
Federal Treasury to pay down the national debt.
SEC. 5. BUDGETARY EFFECTS.
The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying
with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by
reference to the latest statement titled ``Budgetary Effects of PAYGO
Legislation'' for this Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional
Record by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, provided that
such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Appropriations, Ways and Means, Science, Space, and Technology, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Appropriations, Ways and Means, Science, Space, and Technology, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Appropriations, Ways and Means, Science, Space, and Technology, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Appropriations, Ways and Means, Science, Space, and Technology, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Appropriations, Ways and Means, Science, Space, and Technology, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation.