,,ii  ,calendar ,no4 #ebi #aaeth        
,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4 ,r4 #abja
  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the        
,,united ,,states  ,july #be1           
#bjah,received2 read the first time     
,july #bf1 #bjah,read the second time   
and placed on the calendar  ,,an ,,act  
,to amend section #ejjj;,a of the       
,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf to    
provide an additional religious         
exemption from the individual health    
coverage mandate1 and for other         
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,equitable ,access  
to ,care and ,health ,act or the ,,each 
,act4  #b4 ,additional religious        
exemption from health coverage          
responsibility requirement  7a7 ,in     
general ,section #ejjj;,a7d77#b77;,a7 of
 the ,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf  
is amended to read as follows3  7,a7    
,religious conscience exemptions  7i7   
,in general ,such term shall not include
 any individual for any month if such   
individual has in effect an exemption   

under section #acaa7;d77#d77;,h7 of the 
,patient ,protection and ,affordable    
,care ,act which certifies that--  7,i7 
such individual is a member of a        
recognized religious sect or division   
thereof which is described in section   
#adjb7;g77#a71 and is adherent of       
established tenets or teachings of such 
sect or division as described in such   
section2 or  7,,ii7 such individual is a
 member of a religious sect or division 
thereof which is not described in       
section #adjb7;g77#a71 who relies solely
 on a religious method of healing1 and  
for whom the acceptance of medical      
health services would be inconsistent   
with the religious beliefs of the       
individual4  7ii7 ,special rules  7,i7  
,medical health services defined ,for   
purposes of this subparagraph1 the term 
medical health services does not include
 routine dental1 vision and hearing     
services1 midwifery services1           
vaccinations1 necessary medical services
 provided to children1 services required

 by law or by a third party1 and such   
other services as the ,secretary of     
,health and ,human ,services may provide
 in implementing section                
#acaa7;d77#d77;,h7 of the ,patient      
,protection and ,affordable ,care ,act4 
7,,ii7 ,attestation required ,clause    
7i77,,ii7 shall apply to an individual  
for months in a taxable year only if the
 information provided by the individual 
under section #adaa7;b77#e77;,a7 of such
 ,act includes an attestation that the  
individual has not received medical     
health services during the preceding    
taxable year4  4  7b7 ,effective date   
,the amendment made by subsection 7a7   
shall apply to taxable years beginning  
after ,december #ca1 #bjah4  7c7        
,construction ,nothing in the amendment 
made by subsection 7a7 shall preempt any
 ,state law requiring the provision of  
medical treatment for children1         
especially those who are seriously ill4 
,passed the ,house of ,representatives  
,july #bd1 #bjah4,karen ,l4 ,haas1,clerk

  ,july #bf1 #bjah,read the second time 
and placed on the calendar