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Access to Women's Health Care Act of 1997

Introduced: May 22, 1997 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 18, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Jun 17, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
May 22, 1997
Referred to House Education and the Workforce
May 22, 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.
May 22, 1997
Referred to House Commerce
May 22, 1997
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Access to Women's Health Care Act of 1997 - Amends the Public Health Service Act and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to establish standards requiring that group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans provide adequate access to services provided by obstetrician-gynecologists.

What's happening now June 18, 1997

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 3 Independent 1
D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · May 5, 1998
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Jan 28, 1998
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Nov 6, 1997
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Sep 30, 1997
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1737: Access to Women's Health Care Act of 1997. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-1737/
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"H.R. 1737: Access to Women's Health Care Act of 1997." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-1737/.
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H.R. 1737, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-1737/.
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