HR 2727 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Equity in Prescription Insurance and Contraceptive Coverage Act of 2003

Introduced Jul 15, 2003 Originated House Sponsor James C. Greenwood R-PA

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Latest action · Aug 13, 2003 Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedJul 15, 2003
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Equity in Prescription Insurance and Contraceptive Coverage Act of 2003 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Public Health Service Act to prohibit a group health plan, and a health insurance issuer providing group coverage, from: (1) excluding or restricting benefits for prescription contraceptive drugs, devices, and outpatient services if the plan provides benefits for other outpatient prescription drugs, devices, or outpatient services; (2) denying eligibility based on use or potential use of such items or services; (3) providing monetary payments or rebates to a covered individual to encourage acceptance of less than the minimum protections available; (4) penalizing, reducing, or limiting a professional's reimbursement because the professional prescribed such drugs or devices or provided such services; or (5) providing incentives to a professional to induce the professional to withhold drugs, devices, or services. Amends the Public Health Service Act to apply those prohibitions to coverage offered in the individual market.

Cosponsors 116

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 15, 2003 to Oct 5, 2004; 56 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAnna G. EshooOriginalJul 15, 2003
D-ALArtur DavisOriginalJul 15, 2003
D-MABarney FrankOriginalJul 15, 2003
I-VTBernard SandersOriginalJul 15, 2003
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalJul 15, 2003
D-NJBill Pascrell, Jr.OriginalJul 15, 2003
D-CABob FilnerOriginalJul 15, 2003
D-WABrian BairdOriginalJul 15, 2003
D-NYCharles B. RangelOriginalJul 15, 2003
D-TXChris BellOriginalJul 15, 2003
R-CTChristopher ShaysOriginalJul 15, 2003
D-FLCorrine BrownOriginalJul 15, 2003
D-ILDanny K. DavisOriginalJul 15, 2003
D-GADavid ScottOriginalJul 15, 2003
D-ORDavid WuOriginalJul 15, 2003
D-CODiana DeGetteOriginalJul 15, 2003
R-CADoug OseOriginalJul 15, 2003
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalJul 15, 2003
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalJul 15, 2003
D-MDElijah E. CummingsOriginalJul 15, 2003
D-NYEliot L. EngelOriginalJul 15, 2003
D-ASEni F. H. FaleomavaegaOriginalJul 15, 2003
D-TXGene GreenOriginalJul 15, 2003
D-CAGeorge MillerOriginalJul 15, 2003
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoOriginalJul 15, 2003
D-CAHenry A. WaxmanOriginalJul 15, 2003
D-VAJames P. MoranOriginalJul 15, 2003
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalJul 15, 2003
D-NYJerrold NadlerOriginalJul 15, 2003
D-UTJim MathesonOriginalJul 15, 2003
D-WAJim McDermottOriginalJul 15, 2003
D-MIJohn Conyers, Jr.OriginalJul 15, 2003
D-PAJoseph M. HoeffelOriginalJul 15, 2003
D-CAJuanita Millender-McDonaldOriginalJul 15, 2003
D-CALois CappsOriginalJul 15, 2003
D-NYLouise McIntosh SlaughterOriginalJul 15, 2003
D-ILLuis V. GutierrezOriginalJul 15, 2003
D-CALynn C. WoolseyOriginalJul 15, 2003
D-NYMajor R. OwensOriginalJul 15, 2003
D-TXMartin FrostOriginalJul 15, 2003
D-NYMaurice D. HincheyOriginalJul 15, 2003
D-PAMichael F. DoyleOriginalJul 15, 2003
D-MEMichael H. MichaudOriginalJul 15, 2003
R-CTNancy L. JohnsonOriginalJul 15, 2003
D-NYNita M. LoweyOriginalJul 15, 2003
D-NYNydia M. VelázquezOriginalJul 15, 2003
D-INPeter J. ViscloskyOriginalJul 15, 2003
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalJul 15, 2003
D-PARobert A. BradyOriginalJul 15, 2003
D-NJRush HoltOriginalJul 15, 2003
D-MISander M. LevinOriginalJul 15, 2003
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeOriginalJul 15, 2003
D-OHSherrod BrownOriginalJul 15, 2003
D-NJSteven R. RothmanOriginalJul 15, 2003
R-NYSue W. KellyOriginalJul 15, 2003
D-WITammy BaldwinOriginalJul 15, 2003
D-NJDonald M. PayneJul 17, 2003
D-CAEllen O. TauscherJul 17, 2003
D-NYJoseph CrowleyJul 17, 2003
D-FLRobert WexlerJul 18, 2003
D-RIJames R. LangevinJul 21, 2003
D-WAJay InsleeJul 21, 2003
D-WARick LarsenJul 21, 2003
R-NYAmo HoughtonJul 23, 2003
D-NYTimothy H. BishopJul 23, 2003
D-OHDennis J. KucinichJul 25, 2003
D-NYGary L. AckermanSep 3, 2003
R-IAJames A. LeachSep 3, 2003
D-MAJohn F. TierneySep 3, 2003
D-NYSteve IsraelSep 3, 2003
D-HINeil AbercrombieSep 9, 2003
R-PATodd Russell PlattsSep 10, 2003
D-MABill DelahuntSep 16, 2003
D-TXEddie Bernice JohnsonSep 16, 2003
D-CAFortney Pete StarkSep 16, 2003
D-MIJohn D. DingellSep 23, 2003
D-WIRon KindOct 7, 2003
D-MNMartin Olav SaboOct 16, 2003
D-MDBenjamin L. CardinOct 21, 2003
D-ILBobby L. RushNov 5, 2003
D-NYCarolyn McCarthyNov 5, 2003
D-NYJose E. SerranoNov 5, 2003
D-INJulia CarsonNov 5, 2003
D-ILLane EvansNov 5, 2003
D-CALucille Roybal-AllardNov 5, 2003
D-COMark UdallNov 5, 2003
D-RIPatrick J. KennedyNov 5, 2003
D-ILRahm EmanuelNov 5, 2003
D-NJRobert MenendezNov 5, 2003
D-NVShelley BerkleyNov 5, 2003
D-CASusan A. DavisNov 5, 2003
D-METhomas H. AllenNov 5, 2003
D-MOWm. Lacy ClayNov 5, 2003
D-MAJohn W. OlverNov 19, 2003
D-CABrad ShermanDec 8, 2003
D-MDChris Van HollenDec 8, 2003
D-ORDarlene HooleyDec 8, 2003
R-NYSherwood BoehlertDec 8, 2003
D-NYAnthony D. WeinerJan 20, 2004
D-CASam FarrFeb 10, 2004
D-TXCharles A. GonzalezFeb 24, 2004
D-NCDavid E. PriceFeb 24, 2004
D-CAAdam B. SchiffMar 2, 2004
D-MDC. A. Dutch RuppersbergerMar 2, 2004
D-GADenise L. MajetteMar 2, 2004
D-CAHilda L. SolisApr 20, 2004
D-CAJane HarmanMay 4, 2004
D-NJRobert E. AndrewsJun 1, 2004
R-CTRob SimmonsJun 17, 2004
D-TXLloyd DoggettJun 21, 2004
D-VIDonna M. ChristensenJul 6, 2004
D-MAMartin T. MeehanJul 6, 2004
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyJul 19, 2004
D-NJFrank Pallone, Jr.Sep 9, 2004
D-WAAdam SmithSep 23, 2004
D-KSDennis MooreOct 5, 2004

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEnergy and Commerce Committee
Referred Jul 15, 2003
Health Subcommittee
Referred Jul 23, 2003
HouseEducation and Workforce Committee
Referred Jul 15, 2003
Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee
Referred Aug 13, 2003

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Aug 13, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
  2. Jul 23, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  3. Jul 15, 2003Introduced in House
  4. Jul 15, 2003Referred 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.

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To require equitable coverage of prescription contraceptive drugs and devices, and contraceptive services under health plans.
Short Titles as Introduced
Equity in Prescription Insurance and Contraceptive Coverage Act of 2003

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jul 15, 2003Introduced in House

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