Family Building Act of 2007
Latest action · Sep 11, 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
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.
- IntroducedJun 27, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Family Building Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) to require a group health plan that provides coverage for obstetrical services to include coverage for non-experimental treatment of infertility that is deemed appropriate by a participant or beneficiary and the treating physician. Requires coverage for assisted reproductive technology only if certain conditions are met. Prohibits a group health plan from taking specified actions to avoid the requirements of this Act.
Applies such requirements to health insurance coverage offered in the individual market and coverage offered through Federal Employees Health Benefit (FEHB) plans and Department of Defense health care plans.
Cosponsors 19
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 27, 2007 to Jul 29, 2008; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Original | Jun 27, 2007 |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Jun 28, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Jul 11, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Jul 16, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | Jul 16, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Jul 23, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Allyson Y. Schwartz | Nov 6, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Nita M. Lowey | Dec 4, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Steven R. Rothman | Jan 15, 2008 | |
| D-MI | Bart Stupak | Feb 12, 2008 | |
| D-NY | Edolphus Towns | Mar 13, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Fortney Pete Stark | Apr 3, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Apr 15, 2008 | |
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Apr 15, 2008 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Apr 17, 2008 | |
| D-NC | David E. Price | May 1, 2008 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | May 19, 2008 | |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Jun 5, 2008 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Jul 29, 2008 |
Committees 4
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Jun 27, 2007 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jun 27, 2007 | |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Jun 27, 2007 |
| Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee | Referred Sep 11, 2007 | |
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Jun 27, 2007 |
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Jun 27, 2007 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 11, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
- Jun 27, 2007Introduced in House
- Jun 27, 2007Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Oversight and Government Reform, and Armed Services, 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.
- Jun 27, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, and title 10, United States Code, to require coverage for the treatment of infertility.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Family Building Act of 2007
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Artificial insemination
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Commerce
- Communication in medicine
- Discrimination in insurance
- Discrimination in medical care
- Employee health benefits
- Federal employees
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Government employees' health insurance
- Government Operations and Politics
- Health
- Health insurance
- Human embryology
- In vitro fertilization
- Labor and Employment
- Medical technology
- Military medicine
- Obstetrics
- Reproduction
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Standards
- Women
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 27, 2007Introduced in House
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