HR 49
106th Congress
House
Health
Birth defects
Child health
Commerce
Consumer education
Employee health benefits
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Health insurance
Health insurance industry
Labor and Employment
Plastic surgery
Standards
Surgery
Treatment of Children's Deformities Act of 1998
Introduced: January 6, 1999
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Everywhere this bill has been
5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 22, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families.
Jan 19, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Jan 7, 1999
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E27)
Jan 6, 1999
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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.
Jan 6, 1999
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Treatment of Children's Deformities Act of 1998 - Amends the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code to set standards requiring that group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans provide coverage for treatment of a minor child's congenital or developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families.