HR 4540
109th Congress
House
Health
Access to health care
Breast cancer
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Conflict of interests
Consumer discounts
Consumer education
Discrimination in insurance
Discrimination in medical care
Employee health benefits
Federal preemption
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health insurance
Labor and Employment
Mammography
Medical ethics
Medical fees
Mammogram Availability Act of 2005
Introduced: December 14, 2005
Introduced by:
Nadler, Jerrold
Democratic
· New York
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 27, 2006
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Jan 3, 2006
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Dec 14, 2005
Referred to the Committee on Energy and 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.
Dec 14, 2005
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Mammogram Availability Act of 2005 - Amends the Public Health Service Act and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to require a group health plan, and a health insurance issuer offering group coverage, that provides coverage for diagnostic mammographies for any woman 40 years old or older to provide no less favorable coverage for annual screening mammographies for such a woman. Prohibits related enrollment and renewal discrimination, monetary incentives to women, and penalties or incentives to providers. Applies such requirements and prohibitions to coverage offered in the individual market.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.