H.R. 5036 — Introduced in House

I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5036 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 12, 2019Mr. Pappas (for himself, Ms. Lee of California, Mrs. Hayes, Ms. Norton, Mr. Casten of Illinois, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Ms. Moore, Mr. Rush, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Cisneros, Mr. Welch, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Shalala, Ms. Blunt Rochester, Mr. Espaillat, Ms. Escobar, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Speier, Ms. Pressley, Ms. Judy Chu of California, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Haaland, Mr. Smith of Washington, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Khanna, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Ryan, Ms. Meng, Ms. Sánchez, Ms. DelBene, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Mr. Hastings, Mrs. Lee of Nevada, Mrs. Fletcher, Mr. Michael F. Doyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Cárdenas, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Engel, Mr. Soto, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Trone, Mr. Sires, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Gomez, Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Foster, Ms. Schrier, Ms. Mucarsel-Powell, Ms. Frankel, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mrs. Lawrence, Miss Rice of New York, Mr. García of Illinois, Mr. Sherman, Ms. Bass, Mr. Payne, Ms. Velázquez, Mr. Takano, Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mrs. Demings, Ms. Sherrill, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Ms. Jayapal, Ms. Brownley of California, Mrs. Lowey, Ms. Wexton, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Loebsack, Mr. Keating, Ms. Plaskett, Mr. Cicilline, Ms. McCollum, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Higgins of New York, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Levin of Michigan, Mr. Raskin, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Crist, Mr. McNerney, Mrs. Trahan, and Mr. Kildee) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 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. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Put Patients First Act. 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).