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S. 312: Patients' Freedom to Choose Act

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S. 312: Patients' Freedom to Choose Act

112th Congress · introduced 2011-02-10 · Health · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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Follow this bill, step by step

  1. Where it came from: introduced 2011-02-10 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Patients' Freedom to Choose Act

Plain summary

Patients' Freedom to Choose Act - Repeals provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 that: (1) restrict payments from health savings accounts, medical savings accounts, and health flexible spending arrangements for medications to prescription drugs and insulin only; and (2) impose a $2,500 limitation on salary reduction contributions to a health flexible spending arrangement under a cafeteria plan.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

What a vote does

A “Yea” vote

If it passes both chambers and is signed, it becomes law.

A “Nay” vote

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What does this mean? (plain words)

Official text

Patients' Freedom to Choose Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX] · 14 cosponsors

Cost estimate: No cost estimate published yet.

Cosponsors on this site

Susan M. Collins (R-ME), James E. Risch (R-ID), Roger F. Wicker (R-MS), Jerry Moran (R-KS), John Boozman (R-AR)

No linked floor roll calls in our collected records yet. This does not mean the bill has never had a vote. Check the official bill history.

Sources

Record fed-us-cong112-s312 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112