Treatment of Children's Deformities Act of 2001

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Bill Number

HR 792

Introduced

Feb 28, 2001

Latest Action

Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

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Topics

Birth defects Child health Commerce Consumer education Employee health benefits Families Finance and Financial Sector Health Health insurance Health insurance industry Labor and Employment Plastic surgery Standards Surgery

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Summary

Treatment of Children's Deformities Act of 2001 - Amends the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code to set standards requiring that group and individual health insurance and group health plans provide coverage for treatment of a minor child's congenital or developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease.

Actions

Apr 20, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Mar 14, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 28, 2001

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, 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.
Feb 28, 2001

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