US Congress House Bill 2101 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 40-0)
Status: Introduced on May 22 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-07-08 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Federal Response to Eliminate Eating Disorders Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) to require the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to take certain actions regarding eating disorder research, including to: (1) implement a scientifically justified budget for research on eating disorders, (2) coordinate and evaluate NIH research activities and programs, (3) expand NIH research on eating disorders, (4) establish a task force on eating disorder research, and (5) provide for centers of excellence for research on eating disorders. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to: (1) provide for the collection, analysis, and reporting of epidemiological data on eating disorders; (2) establish a Center of Eating Disorders Epidemiology to collect and analyze information on eating disorders; and (3) establish a CDC clearinghouse for the collection and storage of data generated under this Act. Sets forth requirements for providing education and training on eating disorders, including: (1) developing and implementing a training program for health professionals on eating disorders; (2) establishing the Task Force on Eating Disorders Prevention in Educational Institutions to develop and provide training on eating disorders identification and prevention for students, faculty, coaches, and staff in schools; and (3) conducting public service announcements. Amends the PHSA, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and the Internal Revenue Code to require a health plan that provides medical and surgical benefits to also provide coverage for eating disorders. Applies such requirement to coverage offered under the Federal Employees Health Benefit Program. Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to expand coverage for eating disorders. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, to award grants for patient advocacy to help individuals with eating disorders obtain adequate health care services and insurance coverage.

Federal Response to Eliminate Eating Disorders Act of 2013

Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]
Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]	Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]
Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]
Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Rush Holt [D-NJ]	Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]
Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]
Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Carolyn McCarthy [D-NY]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. James Moran [D-VA]	Rep. Patrick Murphy [D-FL]	Rep. Richard Nolan [D-MN]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]
Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]
Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]
Rep. Allyson Schwartz [D-PA]	Rep. John Tierney [D-MA]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-07-08	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
2013-06-03	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2013-05-24	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2013-05-22	House	Referred to House Education and the Workforce
2013-05-22	House	Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
2013-05-22	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2013-05-22	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2013-05-22	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Oversight and Government Reform, 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.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/2101/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr2101/BILLS-113hr2101ih.pdf