Treatment of Children's Deformities Act of 2003

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Bill Number

HR 296

Introduced

Jan 8, 2003

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 Labor and Employment Plastic surgery Standards Surgery

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Summary

Treatment of Children's Deformities Act of 2003 - 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

Feb 21, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Feb 3, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 23, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 8, 2003

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.
Jan 8, 2003

Introduced in House

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