II
110th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 20
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
November 20, 2008
Mrs. Clinton (for herself and Mrs. Murray) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
A BILL
To prohibit the implementation or enforcement of certain regulations.
Short title
This Act may be cited as
the Protecting Patients and Health
Care Act
.
Limitation on regulations
The Secretary of
Health and Human Services shall not finalize, enforce, implement, or take other
action in furtherance of proposed regulations of the Department of Health and
Human Services, 73 Fed. Reg. 50274 (August 26, 2008) (purportedly under the
authority of section 401 of the Health Programs Extension Act of 1973 (42
U.S.C. 300a–7), commonly referred to as the Church Amendments
,
section 245 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 238n), and section
508(d) of division G of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law
110–161), commonly referred to as the Weldon Amendment
).