H.R. 314: Health Care Choice Act of 2017

115th Congress · introduced 2017-01-05 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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Where it came from: introduced 2017-01-05 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN-7] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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What does this mean?

Official title

Health Care Choice Act of 2017

Plain summary

Health Care Choice Act of 2017 This bill repeals the health insurance and health coverage expansion requirements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and related provisions of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. Provisions of law amended or repealed by those provisions are restored. This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to provide that the laws of a state designated by a health insurer (primary state) apply to individual health insurance coverage offered by that insurer in any state (secondary state) if the coverage, states, and insurer comply with the conditions of this bill. Insurers are exempted from any secondary state's laws that would prohibit or regulate the operation of the insurer in that state. The primary state is given sole jurisdiction to enforce its covered laws in any secondary state. The Government Accountability Office must study the effect of this bill on specified health insurance issues.

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

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Official text

Health Care Choice Act of 2017

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN-7] · 51 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Robert E. Latta (R-OH), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Roger Williams (R-TX), Robert J. Wittman (R-VA), David Kustoff (R-TN), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), Andy Barr (R-KY), David Rouzer (R-NC), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Ann Wagner (R-MO), Michael T. McCaul (R-TX), Bruce Westerman (R-AR), David Schweikert (R-AZ), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ), Jodey C. Arrington (R-TX), Jim Banks (R-IN), Trent Kelly (R-MS), Rick W. Allen (R-GA), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX), Andy Harris (R-MD)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN-7] reported raising $3.2 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Words on this page, explained (3)

Bill: A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
Exemption: A rule that removes certain people, property or activities from a tax or requirement.
Jurisdiction: The area or the matters a government or court has authority over.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
Congress.gov
Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr314.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>

Record fed-us-cong115-hr314 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115