,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bhgd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #aj1 #bjbe,mr4
 ,moolenaar introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce  ,a 
,,bill  ,to provide for regulations on  
protecting statutory conscience rights  
in health care4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,defense of    
,conscience in ,health ,care ,act4  #b4 
,regulations on protecting statutory    
conscience rights in health care  7a7   
,in general ,not later than #f months   
after the date of enactment of this     
,act1 the ,secretary of ,health and     
,human ,services shall--  7#a7 issue1   
under the ,federal conscience and       
anti-discrimination laws1 a final rule  
that is identical or materially         
equivalent to the former rule stated in 
part #hh of title #de1 ,code of ,federal
 ,regulations1 as in effect on ,july    
#bb1 #bjai 7#hd ,fed4 ,reg4 #bcagj2     
relating to protecting statutory        

conscience rights in health care2       
delegations of authority72 and  7#b7    
specify in the final rule that the rule 
supersedes any contrary rule in         
existence on the date of issuance4  7b7 
,definition ,in this section1 the term  
,federal conscience and                 
anti-discrimination laws has the meaning
 given the term in the former rule      
specified in subsection 7a77#a74