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HR 3751 108th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Congress Congressional reporting requirements Cost accounting Dental care Economics and Public Finance Eye care Eye diseases Families Federal employees Finance and Financial Sector Government employees' health insurance Governmental investigations Health Hearing aids Hearing disorders Legislation Medical economics Medical screening Retiree health benefits

To require that the Office of Personnel Management study current practices under which dental, vision, and hearing benefits are made available to Federal employees, annuitants, and other classes of individuals, and to require that the Office also present options and recommendations relating to how additional dental, vision, and hearing benefits could be made so available.

Introduced: January 30, 2004 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 18 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 22, 2004
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
Jun 21, 2004
The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
Jun 21, 2004
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jun 21, 2004
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4599)
Jun 21, 2004
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H4599)
Jun 21, 2004
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3751.
Jun 21, 2004
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4599-4600)
Jun 21, 2004
Mrs. Miller (MI) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Jun 17, 2004
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 320.
Jun 17, 2004
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Government Reform. H. Rept. 108-552.
Apr 1, 2004
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Apr 1, 2004
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Mar 17, 2004
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).
Mar 17, 2004
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Feb 24, 2004
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Feb 13, 2004
Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency Organization.
Jan 30, 2004
Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
Jan 30, 2004
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Requires the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to submit to Congress a report describing and evaluating options whereby additional dental, vision (including glaucoma screening), and hearing benefits could be made available to Federal employees and annuitants, their relatives, and other appropriate classes of individuals.

Requires that such report include: (1) a description of the dental, vision, and hearing benefits currently available under the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) program; (2) a description of the supplemental dental, vision, and hearing plans currently offered by carriers participating in the FEHB program; (3) a description of specific dental, vision, and hearing benefits that could be offered in addition to those specified above; (4) a description of the specific classes of the individuals to whom those additional benefits should be made available; (5) a description and assessment of the various contracting arrangements by which the Government could make those additional benefits available; (6) the estimated cost of those additional benefits; (7) a description of how those additional benefits could be made available through FEHB, one or more plans outside of FEHB, FEHB in combination with one or more of such plans, and any other dental, vision, and hearing coverage delivery method; (8) an analysis of the advantages and disadvantages associated with the alternatives described in clause seven; (9) a recommendation from OPM as to its preferred method(s) for providing those additional benefits; and (10) any proposed legislation or other measures the Office considers necessary in order to implement any of the foregoing.

What's happening now June 22, 2004

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.

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