HR 1038 · 111th Congress 2009–2011, ended

Shingles Prevention Act

Introduced Feb 12, 2009 Originated House Sponsor Mazie K. Hirono D-HI

Fact sheet

Latest action · Feb 13, 2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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. IntroducedFeb 12, 2009
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Shingles Prevention Act - Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of the shingles vaccine and its administration.

Cosponsors 12

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 12, 2009 to Sep 14, 2009, with 11 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-TXAl GreenOriginalFeb 12, 2009
D-MABarney FrankOriginalFeb 12, 2009
D-MDDonna F. EdwardsOriginalFeb 12, 2009
D-MSGene TaylorOriginalFeb 12, 2009
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalFeb 12, 2009
D-WAJim McDermottOriginalFeb 12, 2009
D-NYLouise McIntosh SlaughterOriginalFeb 12, 2009
D-NYMaurice D. HincheyOriginalFeb 12, 2009
D-HINeil AbercrombieOriginalFeb 12, 2009
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalFeb 12, 2009
D-WITammy BaldwinOriginalFeb 12, 2009
D-TNSteve CohenSep 14, 2009

Actions 6

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Feb 13, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  2. Feb 12, 2009Introduced in House
  3. Feb 12, 2009Referred to House Energy and Commerce
  4. Feb 12, 2009Referred to House Ways and Means
  5. Feb 12, 2009Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
  6. Feb 12, 2009Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E265)

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Feb 12, 2009Introduced in House

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