HR5 | US Congress 2011-2012 | Protecting Access to Healthcare Act

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On April 16, 2012 in the Senate:

Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 353.

On March 29, 2012 in the Senate:

Received in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.

On March 28, 2012 in the Senate:

Message on Senate action sent to the House.

On March 27, 2012 in the Senate:

Senate returned papers to House by Unanimous Consent.

On March 26, 2012 in the Senate:

Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 338.

On March 22, 2012 in the House:

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Bonamici amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote announced that the noes had prevailed. Ms. Bonamici demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 591 , the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Gosar amendment.
H.AMDT.990 Amendment offered by Mr. Gosar. Amendment restores the application of antitrust laws to the business of health insurance by amending the McCarran-Ferguson Act.
H.AMDT.989 On agreeing to the Dent amendment Agreed to by voice vote.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 591 , the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Dent amendment.
H.AMDT.989 Amendment offered by Mr. Dent. Amendment protects access to emergency room care and reduces health care costs by extending liability coverage to on-call and emergency room physicians under the Public Health Service Act.
H.AMDT.988 Amendment offered by Ms. Bonamici. Amendment sought to delay the date of enactment until the Secretary of Health and Human Services submits to Congress a report on the potential effect of this title on health care premiums.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 591 , the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Bonamici amendment.
H.AMDT.991 Amendment offered by Mr. Stearns. Amendment to grant limited civil liability protection to health professionals that volunteer at federally declared disaster sites.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 591 , the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Woodall amendment.
H.AMDT.987 Amendment offered by Mr. Woodall. Amendment strikes the findings section of the bill.
The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.
Considered as unfinished business.
H.AMDT.990 On agreeing to the Gosar amendment Agreed to by voice vote.
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Woodall amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Conyers demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 591 , the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Stearns amendment.
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Stearns amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Stearns demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.

On March 22, 2012 in the Senate:

Received in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.

On March 22, 2012 in the House:

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On passage Passed by recorded vote: 223 - 181, 4 Present .
On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by recorded vote: 180 - 229, 2 Present .
The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Loebsack motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill be reported back to the House with an amendment to prohibit ending the Medicare guarantee, turning Medicare into a voucher program, and increasing costs and reducing benefits for seniors and people with disabilities.
Mr. Loebsack moved to recommit with instructions to Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce.
The House adopted the amendment in the nature of a substitute as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 5 .
H.AMDT.991 On agreeing to the Stearns amendment Agreed to by recorded vote: 251 - 157, 1 Present .
H.AMDT.988 On agreeing to the Bonamici amendment Failed by recorded vote: 179 - 228, 1 Present .
H.AMDT.987 On agreeing to the Woodall amendment Agreed to by recorded vote: 234 - 173, 2 Present .

On March 21, 2012 in the House:

Rule H. Res. 591 passed House.
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 591 .
Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 5 with 6 hours of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order. The resolution provides that an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 112-18 shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as original text for the purpose of amendment. The resolution waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended.
House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 591 and Rule XVIII.
The Speaker designated the Honorable Lynn A. Westmoreland to act as Chairman of the Committee.
GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with six hours of general debate on H.R. 5 .
Mr. Smith moved that the Committee rise.
On motion to rise Agreed to by voice vote.
Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 5 as unfinished business.

On March 20, 2012 in the House:

Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 591 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 5 with 6 hours of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order. The resolution provides that an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 112-18 shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as original text for the purpose of amendment. The resolution waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended.

On March 16, 2012 in the House:

Supplemental report filed by the Committee on Judiciary, H. Rept. 112-39 , Part III.

On May 23, 2011 in the House:

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 47.
Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 112-39 , Part II.

On May 13, 2011 in the House:

House Committee on Energy and Commerce Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than May 23, 2011.

On May 11, 2011 in the House:

Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 30 - 20.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

On May 10, 2011 in the House:

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

On March 17, 2011 in the House:

House Committee on Energy and Commerce Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than May 13, 2011.
Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 112-39 , Part I.

On February 16, 2011 in the House:

Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 18 - 15.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

On February 9, 2011 in the House:

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

On January 24, 2011 in the House:

Referred to House Energy and Commerce
Referred to House Judiciary
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.AMDT.987

Amendment strikes the findings section of the bill.

H.AMDT.988

Amendment sought to delay the date of enactment until the Secretary of Health and Human Services submits to Congress a report on the potential effect of this title on health care premiums.

H.AMDT.989

Amendment protects access to emergency room care and reduces health care costs by extending liability coverage to on-call and emergency room physicians under the Public Health Service Act.