Put Patients First Act

II 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 2836 To prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from taking any action to implement, enforce, or otherwise give effect to the final rule, entitled ‘‘Protecting Statutory Conscience Rights in Health Care; Delega- tions of Authority’’. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES NOVEMBER 12, 2019 Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. MERKLEY, Ms. HASSAN, Ms. HIRONO, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. MARKEY, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. BROWN, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. SANDERS, Ms. HARRIS, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Ms. WARREN, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. MURPHY, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, Mr. KAINE, Mr. BENNET, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Ms. SMITH, Ms. STABENOW, and Mr. CARDIN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Edu- cation, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from taking any action to implement, enforce, or other- wise give effect to the final rule, entitled ‘‘Protecting Statutory Conscience Rights in Health Care; Delegations of Authority’’. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:32 Nov 14, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2836.IS S2836 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •S 2836 IS SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Put Patients First 2 Act’’. 3 SEC. 2. PROHIBITING IMPLEMENTATION OF FINAL RULE. 4 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Sec- 5 retary of Health and Human Services may not take any 6 action to implement, enforce, or otherwise give effect to 7 the final rule, entitled ‘‘Protecting Statutory Conscience 8 Rights in Health Care; Delegations of Authority’’ (84 Fed. 9 Reg. 23170–23272, May 21, 2019). 10 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:32 Nov 14, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S2836.IS S2836 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS