US Congress House Bill 383 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 20 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-02-25 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Menopausal Hormone Replacement Therapies and Alternative Treatments and Fairness Act of 2011 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) tocover hormone replacement therapy for menopausal symptoms and alternative treatments for such therapy. Amends SSA title XIX (Medicaid) to cover alternative treatments for hormone replacement therapy for menopausal symptoms. Requires coverage of hormone replacement therapy for menopausal symptoms and alternative treatments for such therapy on the same basis as outpatient prescription drugs under: (1) the Public Health Service Act and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) (group health plans and group and individual health insurance); (2) the Internal Revenue Code (group health plans); and (3) federal employee health benefit plans. Includes alternative treatments for hormone replacement therapy for menopausal symptoms under veterans' benefits.

Menopausal Hormone Replacement Therapies and Alternative Treatments and Fairness Act of 2011

Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]

Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-02-25	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2011-02-25	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
2011-02-08	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy .
2011-02-01	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2011-01-27	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2011-01-20	House	Referred to House Veterans' Affairs
2011-01-20	House	Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
2011-01-20	House	Referred to House Education and the Workforce
2011-01-20	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2011-01-20	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2011-01-20	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, and Veterans' Affairs, 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/112th-congress/house-bill/383/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr383/BILLS-112hr383ih.pdf