,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ifi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,march #e1 #bjac ,mr4
 ,price of ,georgia 7for himself1 ,mr4  
,boustany1 ,mr4 ,roe of ,tennessee1     
,mrs4 ,blackburn1 and ,mr4 ,cassidy7    
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,energy  
and ,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit  
conditioning licensure of a health care 
provider upon participation in a health 
plan4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may  
be cited as the ,medical ,practice      
,freedom ,act of #bjac4  #b4 ,health    
care provider licensure cannot be       
conditioned on participation in a health
 plan  7a7 ,in general ,the ,secretary  
of ,health and ,human ,services and any 
,state 7as a condition of receiving     
,federal financial participation under  
title ,,xix of the ,social ,security    
,act7 may not require any health care   
provider to participate in any health   
plan as a condition of licensure of the 
provider in any ,state4  7b7            

,definitions ,in this section3  7#a7    
,health plan ,the term health plan has  
the meaning given such term in section  
#aaga7e7 of the ,social ,security ,act  
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #acbj;d7#e771 and        
includes a basic health program         
established under section #acca of the  
,patient ,protection and ,affordable    
,care ,act 7,public ,law #aaa-adh71 a   
qualified health plan offered by a      
qualified nonprofit health insurance    
issuer under the ,consumer ,operated and
 ,oriented ,plan 7,,co-,,op7 program    
under section #acbb of such ,act1 a     
qualified health plan offered under a   
health care choice compact under section
 #accc of such ,act1 a multi-state      
qualified health plan offered under     
section #accd of such ,act1 or other    
health plan offered under title ,i of   
such ,act4  7#b7 ,health care provider  
,the term health care provider means any
 person or entity that is required by   
,state or ,federal laws or regulations  
to be licensed1 registered1 or certified

 to provide health care services and is 
so licensed1 registered1 or certified1  
or exempted from such requirement by    
other statute or regulation4  7#c7      
,state ,the term ,state has the meaning 
given such term for purposes of title   
,,xix of the ,social ,security ,act4