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HR 2137 111th Congress House

Routine HIV Screening Coverage Act of 2009

Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and title 5, United States Code… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and title 5, United States Code, to require individual and group health insurance coverage and group health plans and Federal employees health benefit plans to provide coverage for routine HIV screening.

Introduced: April 30, 2009 Introduced by: Waters, Maxine Democratic · California See on congress.gov
Health Employee benefits and pensionsGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementHIV/AIDSHealth care costs and insurance
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 Everywhere this bill has been 8 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 4, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Apr 29, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 28, 2009
Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
Apr 28, 2009
Referred to House Ways and Means
Apr 28, 2009
Referred to House Education and Labor
Apr 28, 2009
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Ways and Means, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
Apr 28, 2009
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
Apr 28, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Latest action June 4, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Routine HIV Screening Coverage Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), and the Internal Revenue Code to require a group health plan to provide coverage for routine HIV screening under terms and conditions no less favorable than for other routine screenings. Prohibits such a plan from taking specified actions to avoid the requirements of this Act.

Applies such requirements to health insurance coverage offered in the individual market and coverage offered under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP).

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 6
 Cosponsors 14
All 14 Democratic 11
D
Quigley, Mike
Illinois · Sep 30, 2009
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Jul 20, 2009
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Jul 20, 2009
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Jul 16, 2009
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jul 16, 2009
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Jun 26, 2009
Bordallo, Madeleine
· Jun 24, 2009
 D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · May 21, 2009
 D
Green, Al
Texas · May 21, 2009
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · May 21, 2009
Massa, Eric
· Apr 30, 2009
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Apr 30, 2009
CHRISTENSEN, DONNA
· Apr 28, 2009
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Apr 28, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2137: Routine HIV Screening Coverage Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2137/
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"H.R. 2137: Routine HIV Screening Coverage Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2137/.
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