S. 97: No Obamacare Kickbacks Act of 2015
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S. 97: No Obamacare Kickbacks Act of 2015
114th Congress · introduced 2015-01-07 · Health · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2015-01-07 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
No Obamacare Kickbacks Act of 2015
Plain summary
No Obamacare Kickbacks Act of 2015 Applies prohibitions against, and criminal penalties for, false statements and kickbacks in part A (General Provisions) of title XI of the Social Security Act to plans and programs established or funded under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, including qualified health plans, catastrophic plans, health benefit exchanges, reinsurance programs, the risk corridor program, patient navigators, and contracts with individuals or entities to facilitate enrollment in exchanges. Directs the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services and the Government Accountability Office to jointly study and report to Congress on the effect of this Act.
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Official text
No Obamacare Kickbacks Act of 2015
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] · 0 cosponsors
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114s97.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/s>
Record fed-us-cong114-s97 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114