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To amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require group health plans and group and individual health…

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To amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require group health plans and group and individual health insurance coverage to provide post-delivery follow-up care for mothers and newborns discharged less than 48 hours following a vaginal delivery or less than 96 following a delivery by cesarean section.

Introduced: November 6, 1997 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 8 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 25, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Nov 14, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Nov 13, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Nov 6, 1997
Referred to House Ways and Means
Nov 6, 1997
Referred to House Education and the Workforce
Nov 6, 1997
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Ways and Means, 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.
Nov 6, 1997
Referred to House Commerce
Nov 6, 1997
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Public Health Service Act (PHSA), the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code to require that, when an attending provider and the mother decide to discharge the mother or her newborn prior to specified minimum inpatient periods following delivery, the group health plan or insurer offering coverage provide coverage for timely post-delivery care in any of specified settings, as selected by the mother. Applies the requirement to coverage in the individual market under specified provisions of the PHSA.

What's happening now November 25, 1997

Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 6
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 4 Independent 1
D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jun 4, 1998
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Feb 4, 1998
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Nov 6, 1997
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Nov 6, 1997
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Nov 6, 1997
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2854: To amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require group health plans and group and individual health insurance coverage to provide post-delivery follow-up care for mothers and newborns discharged less than 48 hours following a vaginal delivery or less than 96 following a delivery by cesarean section.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-2854/
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"H.R. 2854: To amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require group health plans and group and individual health insurance coverage to provide post-delivery follow-up care for mothers and newborns discharged less than 48 hours following a vaginal delivery or less than 96 following a delivery by cesarean section.." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-2854/.
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H.R. 2854, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-2854/.
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[H.R. 2854: To amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require group health plans and group and individual health insurance coverage to provide post-delivery follow-up care for mothers and newborns discharged less than 48 hours following a vaginal delivery or less than 96 following a delivery by cesarean section.](https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-2854/)
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