H.R. 6597: EACH Act
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H.R. 6597: EACH Act
112th Congress · introduced 2012-11-16 · Taxation · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2012-11-16 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Biggert, Judy [R-IL-13] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
EACH Act
Plain summary
Equitable Access to Care and Health Act or the EACH Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to minimum essential health care coverage requirements added by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, to allow an additional religious exemption from such requirements for individuals whose sincerely held religious beliefs would cause them to object to medical health care provided under such coverage. Defines "medical health care" to mean voluntary health treatment by or supervised by a medical doctor that would be covered under minimum essential coverage that: (1) includes voluntary acute care treatment at hospital emergency rooms, walk-in clinics, or similar facilities; and (2) excludes treatment not administered or supervised by a medical doctor, physical examinations or treatment required by law or third parties, and vaccinations.
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Biggert, Judy [R-IL-13] · 62 cosponsors
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Cosponsors on this site
H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA), Andy Harris (R-MD), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), William R. Keating (D-MA), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Steve Cohen (D-TN), James A. Himes (D-CT), Adam Smith (D-WA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Peter Welch (D-VT), Steve Womack (R-AR), Tim Walberg (R-MI) and 2 more.
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Words on this page, explained (1)
- Exemption
- A rule that removes certain people, property or activities from a tax or requirement.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112hr6597.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/hr>
Record fed-us-cong112-hr6597 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112