OK, this is going to take a while and probably more than few posts. All emphasis and reformatting is mine. First thought, though, it looks like the Republicans are going to spend more money and spend it this year. Right off the bat (page 2, lines 4 – 9), right at the top of this act, and additional $422,000,000:
SEC. 102. COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER PROGRAM. Effective as if included in the enactment of the Medi-care Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–10, 129 Stat. 87), paragraph (1) of section 7221(a) of such Act is amended by inserting ‘‘, and an additional $422,000,000 for fiscal year 2017’’ after ‘‘2017’’.
Next part – DEFUNDING OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD! (Pages 2 – 6)
…for the 1-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, no Federal funds provided from a program referred to in this subsection that is considered direct spending for any year may be made available to a State for payments to a prohibited entity, whether made directly to the prohibited entity or through a managed care organization under contract with the State.
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) PROHIBITED ENTITY.—The term ‘‘prohibited entity’’ means an entity, including its affiliates, subsidiaries, successors, and clinic—
(A) that, as of the date of enactment of this Act—
(i) is an organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code;
(ii) is an essential community provider described in section 156.235 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act), that is primarily engaged in family planning services, reproductive health, and related medical care; and
(iii) provides for abortions, other than an abortion—
(I) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest; or
(II) in the case where a woman suffers from a physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness that would, as certified by a physician, place the woman in danger of death unless an abortion is performed, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself; and
Next post – Medicaid Expansion – NH State RepJoe LaChance, NH State Senator Jeb Bradley, NH State Senator Chuck Morse, and former NH State Senator (and present NH GOP Chair Jeannie Forrester) are going to have a LOT of ‘splaining to do in how NH is going to institute whole raft of new taxes to pay for NH’s Medicaid Expansion. I WARNED them the first go round that this was gonna happen.
So, are the Republicans NOW going to institute either a State income or sales tax???
