Children's Access to Reconstructive Evaluation & Surgery (CARES) Act of 2009
Latest action · Apr 29, 2009 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.
- IntroducedMar 5, 2009
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Children's Access to Reconstructive Evaluation & Surgery (CARES) Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and the Internal Revenue Code to require a group health plan that covers surgical benefits to also cover outpatient and inpatient diagnosis and treatment of a congenital or developmental deformity, disease, or injury of a minor child (defined as child under the age of 22).
Requires that such coverage: (1) be subject to pre-authorization or pre-certification requirements of the plan or issuer; and (2) include any surgical treatment deemed by the treating physician to be medically necessary to approximate a normal appearance. Defines "treatment" to include reconstructive surgical procedures that are performed on abnormal structures of the body caused by congenital defects, abnormalities, trauma, infection, tumors, or disease, including: (1) procedures that do not materially affect the function of the body part being treated; and (2) procedures for secondary conditions and follow-up treatment. Excludes cosmetic surgery performed to reshape normal structures of the body to improve appearance or self-esteem.
Cosponsors 97
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 5, 2009 to Sep 28, 2010; 42 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | Mar 5, 2009 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Mar 5, 2009 |
| D-TN | Bart Gordon | Original | Mar 5, 2009 |
| D-OH | Betty Sutton | Original | Mar 5, 2009 |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Original | Mar 5, 2009 |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Original | Mar 5, 2009 |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Original | Mar 5, 2009 |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Original | Mar 5, 2009 |
| R-NJ | Christopher H. Smith | Original | Mar 5, 2009 |
| D-KS | Dennis Moore | Original | Mar 5, 2009 |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Original | Mar 5, 2009 |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Original | Mar 5, 2009 |
| R-VA | Frank R. Wolf | Original | Mar 5, 2009 |
| D-TX | Gene Green | Original | Mar 5, 2009 |
| D-MS | Gene Taylor | Original | Mar 5, 2009 |
Committees 3
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 Mar 5, 2009 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Mar 6, 2009 | |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Mar 5, 2009 |
| Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee | Referred Apr 29, 2009 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Mar 5, 2009 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 29, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
- Mar 6, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Mar 5, 2009Introduced in House
- Mar 5, 2009Referred to House Energy and Commerce
- Mar 5, 2009Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and 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.
- Mar 5, 2009Referred to House Education and Labor
- Mar 5, 2009Referred to House Ways and Means
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1235 | Children's Access to Reconstructive Evaluation & Surgery (CARES) Act of 2009 | Identical bill | Jun 11, 2009 |
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, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require that group and individual health insurance coverage 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.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Children's Access to Reconstructive Evaluation & Surgery (CARES) Act of 2009
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 5, 2009Introduced in House
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