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HR 1117 105th Congress House

Victims of Abuse Insurance Protection Act

Official title: To prevent discrimination against victims of abuse in all lines of insurance.

Introduced: March 18, 1997 Introduced by: Sanders, Bernard Independent · Vermont See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 9 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 21, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Mar 28, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials.
Mar 28, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection.
Mar 28, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Mar 18, 1997
Referred to House Education and the Workforce
Mar 18, 1997
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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 18, 1997
Referred to House Commerce
Mar 18, 1997
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E509)
Mar 18, 1997
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 21, 1997

Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Victims of Abuse Insurance Protection Act - Prohibits insurers and health carriers from engaging in specified acts (such as denying, terminating, or limiting coverage) on the basis that the applicant or insured (or any person with whom the applicant or insured is associated) is, has been, or may be the subject of abuse involving a current or former household or family member, intimate partner, or caretaker. Prohibits insurers from using, disclosing, or transferring information about an applicant's or insured's abuse status or abuse-related medical condition for any purpose unrelated to the direct provision of health care unless required by an order of an insurance regulatory entity or a court order. Prohibits disclosure or transfer of an applicant's or insured's location or telephone number.

Requires insurers to develop and follow written procedures to protect the safety and privacy of an abuse subject.

Requires an insurer that takes any adverse action regarding an abuse subject to advise the individual of the specific reasons for the action.

Prohibits subrogation of claims resulting from abuse without the consent of the abuse subject.

Empowers the Federal Trade Commission to examine and investigate any insurer regarding compliance with this Act. Provides for a private cause of action against an insurer in Federal or State court by an abuse subject applicant or insured claiming to be adversely affected by an act or practice of the insurer.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 6
 Cosponsors 14
All 14 Democratic 14
D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Jan 28, 1998
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jan 28, 1998
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jan 28, 1998
 D
Sherman, Brad
California · Jan 28, 1998
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Jan 28, 1998
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Sep 8, 1997
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · May 16, 1997
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Mar 18, 1997
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Mar 18, 1997
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Mar 18, 1997
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Mar 18, 1997
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Mar 18, 1997
 D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Mar 18, 1997
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · Mar 18, 1997
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1117: Victims of Abuse Insurance Protection Act. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-1117/
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"H.R. 1117: Victims of Abuse Insurance Protection Act." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-1117/.
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