HR 1201
104th Congress
House
Health
Child abuse
Child molesting
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Crime and Law Enforcement
Discrimination in insurance
Discrimination in medical care
Employee health benefits
Families
Family violence
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health insurance
Insurance companies
Insurance premiums
Insurance rates
Labor and Employment
Insurance Protection for Victims of Domestic Violence Act
Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 24, 1995
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Mar 20, 1995
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Mar 10, 1995
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, 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.
Mar 10, 1995
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Insurance Protection for Victims of Domestic Violence Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to create a new title prohibiting health insurers from discriminating against an individual or group because the individual or a family member is the subject of abuse.
Mandates development of model standards. Requires each State to report on its implementation actions and, where States fail to act, provides for Federal enforcement involving civil fines against insurers and a Federal private right of action.
Provides for application of this Act to specified provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.