Protect Access to Birth Control Act

Protect Access to Birth Control Act

This bill nullifies interim final rules issued by the Department of Labor, the Department of the Treasury, and the Department of Health and Human Services that allow employers with religious or moral objections to be exempt from the requirement that their health insurance plans cover contraceptive services without cost-sharing.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7517 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7517

     To provide that the rules entitled ``Religious Exemptions and 
 Accommodations for Coverage of Certain Preventive Services Under the 
  Affordable Care Act'' and ``Moral Exemptions and Accommodations for 
Coverage of Certain Preventive Services Under the Affordable Care Act'' 
         shall have no force or effect, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 9, 2020

   Ms. DeGette (for herself, Ms. Judy Chu of California, Ms. Lee of 
 California, Ms. Frankel, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Brownley of California, 
   Ms. Speier, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Ms. 
Jayapal, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Nadler, Mrs. Demings, Mr. Garcia of 
 Illinois, Mr. Foster, Mr. Welch, Mr. Takano, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Ms. 
  McCollum, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Shalala, Mr. 
Casten of Illinois, Ms. DelBene, Mr. Engel, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Horsford, 
Ms. Pressley, Ms. Sewell of Alabama, Mr. Bera, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Levin of 
 Michigan, Mr. DeFazio, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Brendan F. Boyle 
     of Pennsylvania, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Mr. Ted Lieu of 
 California, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Deutch, Mrs. 
 Watson Coleman, Mr. Lujan, Ms. Sanchez, Ms. Fudge, Mr. Loebsack, Mr. 
    Cooper, Ms. Pingree, Ms. Porter, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. David Scott of 
   Georgia, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. Quigley, Ms. Moore, Mr. 
   Blumenauer, Mr. Huffman, Ms. Omar, Mr. Cisneros, Mrs. Carolyn B. 
Maloney of New York, Mr. Payne, Ms. Johnson of Texas, Mr. Morelle, Mr. 
  Schneider, Mr. Kildee, Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire, Ms. Norton, Mr. 
 Larsen of Washington, Mr. Gomez, Ms. Meng, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Doggett, 
 Ms. Dean, Mr. Vela, Mr. Trone, Mr. Lowenthal, Ms. Wild, Mr. Clay, Ms. 
  Blunt Rochester, Mrs. Trahan, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Pappas, Ms. Kelly of 
  Illinois, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. 
Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Carbajal, Mrs. Fletcher, Mr. Lawson of Florida, 
 Mr. Michael F. Doyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Keating, Ms. Roybal-Allard, 
Mrs. Lawrence, Mr. Swalwell of California, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Khanna, Mr. 
 Meeks, Mr. Higgins of New York, Ms. Adams, Ms. Schrier, Mr. Carson of 
  Indiana, Mr. McNerney, Mr. Kennedy, Ms. Underwood, Mr. Gallego, Mr. 
Sires, Ms. Matsui, Mr. Neguse, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Ms. Titus, 
Mr. Espaillat, Ms. Escobar, Ms. Barragan, Mr. Green of Texas, Miss Rice 
   of New York, Ms. Craig, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Soto, Ms. Haaland, Ms. 
 Lofgren, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Crow, Mrs. Davis of California, 
Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. Kilmer, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Veasey, Mr. Levin 
   of California, Mr. Cicilline, Mr. Heck, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. Sean 
 Patrick Maloney of New York, Mr. Cardenas, Mrs. Torres of California, 
  Ms. Bass, Mr. Beyer, and Mr. Himes) introduced the following bill; 
  which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in 
addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and Ways and Means, 
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 provide that the rules entitled ``Religious Exemptions and 
 Accommodations for Coverage of Certain Preventive Services Under the 
  Affordable Care Act'' and ``Moral Exemptions and Accommodations for 
Coverage of Certain Preventive Services Under the Affordable Care Act'' 
         shall have no force or effect, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Protect Access to Birth Control 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN RULES RELATING TO RELIGIOUS AND MORAL 
              EXEMPTIONS AND ACCOMMODATIONS FOR COVERAGE OF CERTAIN 
              PREVENTIVE SERVICES.

    The Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of the 
Treasury, and the Secretary of Labor may not take any action to 
implement, enforce, or otherwise give effect to the rules entitled 
``Religious Exemptions and Accommodations for Coverage of Certain 
Preventive Services Under the Affordable Care Act'' (83 Fed. Reg. 57536 
(November 15, 2018)) and ``Moral Exemptions and Accommodations for 
Coverage of Certain Preventive Services Under the Affordable Care Act'' 
(83 Fed. Reg. 57592 (November 15, 2018)).
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