A bill to ensure that employers cannot interfere in their employees' birth control and other health care decisions.
Protect Women's Health From Corporate Interference Act of 2014 - Affirms requirements, notwithstanding the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993, that: (1) an employer that establishes or maintains a group health plan for its employees must provide coverage of a specific item or service for the employees or their dependents where the coverage is required under federal provisions or regulations pursuant to those provisions; and (2) group health plans sponsored by an employer or employee organization, and any health insurance coverage, must provide coverage required under the Public Health Service Act, including preventive health services.
Authorizes the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Treasury to modify regulations concerning coverage of contraceptive services by group health plans of religious employers consistent with the purposes and findings (regarding coverage of birth control services and the Supreme Court decisions in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. and Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp. v. Burwell) of this Act.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Introduced in Senate
Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 459.
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S4443-4445, S4451-4452)
Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S4451; text: CR S4451)
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S4461, S4480)
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S4513, S4528-4535)
Cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 56 - 43. Record Vote Number: 228. (consideration: CR S4535; text: CR S4535)
Roll Call #228 (Senate)Motion by Senator Reid to reconsider the vote by which cloture was not invoked on the motion to proceed to the measure (Record Vote No. 228) entered in Senate. (consideration: CR S4535)
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