H.R. 1217 · 112th Congress
To repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund.
- Stage
- Passed a chamber
- Sponsor
- Joseph Pitts
- Introduced
- 2011-03-29
- Latest action
- 2011-04-14 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to repeal provisions establishing and appropriating funds to the Prevention and Public Health Fund (a Fund to provide for expanded and sustained national investment in prevention and public health programs to improve health and help restrain the rate of growth in private and public sector health care costs). Rescinds any unobligated balances appropriated to such Fund.