Sen. Murray Introduces Bill on Religious Exemptions, Accommodations for Coverage of Preventive Services Under Affordable Care Act Rule

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., has introduced legislation (S. 4246) to "provide that the rules entitled Religious Exemptions and Accommodations for Coverage of Certain Preventive Services Under the Affordable Care Act and Moral Exemptions and Accommodations for Coverage of Certain Preventive Services Under the Affordable Care Act shall have no force or effect."

The bill was introduced on July 21 and has 39 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Sens. Robert Casey Jr., D-Pa., Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., Christopher S. Murphy, D-Conn., Margaret Wood Hassan, D-N.H., Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., Robert Menendez, D-N.J., Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., Jack Reed, D-R.I., Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vt., Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill., Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, Tim Kaine, D-Va., Benjamin Cardin, D-Md., Tom Udall, D-N.M., Cory Booker, D-N.J., Michael Bennet, D-Colo., Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., Gary Peters, D-Mich., Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., Kamala D. Harris, D-Calif., Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., Christopher Coons, D-Del., Tina Smith, D-Minn., and Jon Tester, D-Mont.

The legislation was referred to the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee.

For more information, Sen. Patty Murray, 154 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510; 202/224-2621; or in state at 2930 Wetmore Ave., Ste. 9-D, Everett, WA 98201; 425/259-6515; Marshall House, 1323 Officer's Row, Vancouver, WA 98661; 360/696-7797; 402 E. Yakima Ave., Ste. 420, Yakima, WA 98901; 509/453-7462; 2988 Sen. Henry M. Jackson Federal Bldg., 915 2nd Ave., Seattle, WA 98174; 206/553-5545; 10 N. Post St., Ste. 600, Spokane, WA 99201; 509/624-9515; 950 Pacific Ave., Ste. 650, Tacoma, WA 98402; 253/572-363.

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