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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Jan 21, 2010
Freedom from Rationed Health Care Act - Repeals provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 making appropriations for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and for the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology and rescinds any unobligated balances of funds made available under such provisions.
Repeals specified provisions of such Act: (1) establishing a Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative Effectiveness Research; and (2) concerning heath information technology, including provisions establishing the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology and the HIT Policy Committee.
Requires that amounts rescinded under this Act be deposited in the Treasury to pay down the national debt.
People & committees
Rep. McCotter, Thaddeus G. [R-MI-11] · R–MI
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Referred to House Science and Technology
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Science and Technology, 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.
Referred to House Appropriations
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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