Put Patients First Act

S. 2836 · 116th Congress · Nov 12, 2019 · Lineage

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.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Put Patients First Act”.

Sec. 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).

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Nov 12, 2019viewing Introduced in Senate 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

Put Patients First Act

Section 1 Short title

Sec. 2 Prohibiting implementation of final rule

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