# 114-hr-1200: American Health Security Act of 2015

114-hr-1200, American Health Security Act of 2015, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by JIM MCDERMOTT (D-WA); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-1200
- Congress: 114
- Title: American Health Security Act of 2015
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
- Introduced: 2015-03-02
- Sponsor: JIM MCDERMOTT (D-WA)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

American Health Security Act of 2015 Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives concerning recognition of health care as a human right. Establishes the State-Based American Health Security Program to provide every U.S. resident who is a U.S. citizen, national, or lawful resident alien with health care services. Requires each participating state to establish a state health security program. Eliminates benefits under: (1) titles XVIII (Medicare), XIX (Medicaid), and XXI (Children's Health Insurance) (CHIP) of the Social Security Act; (2) the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program; and (3) TRICARE. Repeals requirements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) related to health insurance coverage, including requirements concerning state health insurance exchanges. Requires each state health security program to prohibit the sale of health insurance in that state that duplicates benefits provided under the program. Establishes the American Health Security Standards Board to: (1) develop policies, procedures, guidelines and requirements to carry out this Act; (2) establish uniform reporting requirements and quality performance standards; (3) provide for an American Health Security Advisory Council and an Advisory Committee on Health Professional Education; and (4) establish a national health security budget specifying the total federal and state expenditures to be made for covered health care services. Establishes the American Health Security Quality Council to: (1) review and evaluate practice guidelines, standards of quality, performance measures, and medical review criteria; and (2) develop minimum competence criteria. Establishes the Office of Primary Care and Prevention Research within the Office of the Director of the National Institutes of Health. Creates the American Health Security Trust Fund and appropriates to it specified tax liabilities and current health program receipts, including premium assistance credit amounts under PPACA. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose on individuals: (1) a health care income tax, and (2) an income tax surcharge on amounts of modified adjusted gross income exceeding $1 million. Imposes an excise tax on securities transactions and allows an income tax credit for such taxes.

## Cosponsors (1)

- LORETTA SANCHEZ (D-CA), 2016-04-18T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [114-hr-1200 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/1200)

## Related
- [114-hr-5474: Berta Caceres Human Rights in Honduras Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5474)
- [114-hr-5373: LGBT Data Inclusion Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5373)
- [114-hr-5310: Middle Class CHANCE Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5310)
- [114-hr-5090: To ensure that air transportation between the United States and the European Un…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5090)
- [114-hr-5044: Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2016 to respond to Zika viru…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5044)
- [114-hr-4616: Living Donor Protection Act of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-4616)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-1200 (as of 2025-11-18).