HR 1737
105th Congress
House
Health
Access to health care
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Consumer education
Discrimination in insurance
Discrimination in medical care
Employee health benefits
Federal preemption
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Gynecology
Health insurance
Health insurance industry
Labor and Employment
Obstetricians
Obstetrics
State laws
Women
Access to Women's Health Care Act of 1997
Introduced: May 22, 1997
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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
Plain-English summary
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
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.