Sec. 3. Protecting rights of conscience
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall not implement or enforce any provision of the final rule published on July 2, 2013 (78 Fed. Reg. 39870), or any amendment to such rule or rule published subsequent to such rule, insofar as such provision, amendment, or subsequent rule relates to requiring any individual or entity to provide coverage of sterilization or contraceptive services to which the individual or entity is opposed on the basis of religious belief.
Section 1302(b) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( Public Law 111–148 ; 42 U.S.C. 18022(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: A health plan shall not be considered to have failed to provide the essential health benefits package described in subsection
(a)(or preventive health services described in section 2713 of the Public Health Service Act), to fail to be a qualified health plan, or to fail to fulfill any other requirement under this title on the basis that the plan does not provide (or pay for) coverage of sterilization or contraceptive services because— providing (or paying for) such coverage is contrary to the religious or moral beliefs of the sponsor, issuer, or other entity offering the plan; or such coverage, in the case of individual coverage, is contrary to the religious or moral beliefs of the purchaser or beneficiary of the coverage. .
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- 78 FR 39870
- Pub. L. 111-148
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