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 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Mar 5, 2009 |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | Original | Mar 5, 2009 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Mar 5, 2009 |
| D-WA | Jay Inslee | Original | Mar 5, 2009 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | Mar 5, 2009 |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Original | Mar 5, 2009 |
| R-MO | Jo Ann Emerson | Original | Mar 5, 2009 |
| D-MA | John F. Tierney | Original | Mar 5, 2009 |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Original | Mar 5, 2009 |
| R-NY | John M. McHugh | Original | Mar 5, 2009 |
| R-FL | Lincoln Diaz-Balart | Original | Mar 5, 2009 |
| D-NY | Louise McIntosh Slaughter | Original | Mar 5, 2009 |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Original | Mar 5, 2009 |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Original | Mar 5, 2009 |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Original | Mar 5, 2009 |
| D-RI | Patrick J. Kennedy | Original | Mar 5, 2009 |
| R-OH | Patrick J. Tiberi | Original | Mar 5, 2009 |
| D-PR | Pedro R. Pierluisi | Original | Mar 5, 2009 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Mar 5, 2009 |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Original | Mar 5, 2009 |
| D-FL | Robert Wexler | Original | Mar 5, 2009 |
| R-MD | Roscoe G. Bartlett | Original | Mar 5, 2009 |
| D-NJ | Rush Holt | Original | Mar 5, 2009 |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Original | Mar 5, 2009 |
| D-NV | Shelley Berkley | Original | Mar 5, 2009 |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | Original | Mar 5, 2009 |
| D-NY | Timothy H. Bishop | Original | Mar 5, 2009 |
| R-FL | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | Mar 17, 2009 | |
| D-ME | Michael H. Michaud | Mar 17, 2009 | |
| D-MI | Carolyn C. Kilpatrick | Mar 25, 2009 | |
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Apr 22, 2009 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Apr 22, 2009 | |
| R-PA | Jim Gerlach | May 4, 2009 | |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | May 4, 2009 | |
| R-TN | Zach Wamp | May 4, 2009 | |
| R-FL | Jeff Miller | May 12, 2009 | |
| R-LA | John Fleming | May 12, 2009 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | May 12, 2009 | |
| R-VA | Robert J. Wittman | May 12, 2009 | |
| D-FL | Allen Boyd | Jun 2, 2009 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Jun 2, 2009 | |
| D-SC | John M. Spratt, Jr. | Jun 11, 2009 | |
| D-NY | Nita M. Lowey | Jun 11, 2009 | |
| R-LA | Rodney Alexander | Jun 11, 2009 | |
| D-TX | Charles A. Gonzalez | Jun 17, 2009 | |
| D-IL | Daniel Lipinski | Jun 17, 2009 | |
| D-IL | Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. | Jun 17, 2009 | |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Jun 17, 2009 | |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | Jun 17, 2009 | |
| R-NY | Peter T. King | Jun 17, 2009 | |
| D-PA | Tim Holden | Jun 17, 2009 | |
| D-FL | Corrine Brown | Jun 18, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Jun 24, 2009 | |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | Jun 26, 2009 | |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Jun 26, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Jul 8, 2009 | |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Jul 8, 2009 | |
| R-MO | Roy Blunt | Jul 8, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Laura Richardson | Jul 10, 2009 | |
| D-MO | Russ Carnahan | Jul 20, 2009 | |
| R-OH | Michael R. Turner | Jul 22, 2009 | |
| D-WA | Brian Baird | Sep 9, 2009 | |
| R-NC | Howard Coble | Sep 22, 2009 | |
| R-TX | Michael C. Burgess | Sep 22, 2009 | |
| D-CT | Christopher Murphy | Oct 6, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Susan A. Davis | Mar 17, 2010 | |
| D-IL | Phil Hare | Apr 15, 2010 | |
| D-MI | Bart Stupak | Apr 21, 2010 | |
| D-UT | Jim Matheson | Apr 21, 2010 | |
| R-TX | Pete Sessions | Apr 21, 2010 | |
| D-IN | Peter J. Visclosky | Apr 21, 2010 | |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | May 5, 2010 | |
| D-CA | Lois Capps | May 5, 2010 | |
| R-PA | Tim Murphy | May 5, 2010 | |
| D-NJ | Robert E. Andrews | May 6, 2010 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | May 11, 2010 | |
| D-AR | Mike Ross | May 11, 2010 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | May 12, 2010 | |
| D-NM | Martin Heinrich | May 24, 2010 | |
| D-LA | Charlie Melancon | Aug 10, 2010 | |
| D-NC | Brad Miller | Sep 28, 2010 | |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Sep 28, 2010 |
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.
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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