HR 1774 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

Increasing Access to Voluntary Screening for HIV/AIDS and STIs Act of 2011

Introduced May 5, 2011 Originated House Sponsor Alcee L. Hastings D-FL

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Latest action · May 20, 2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedMay 5, 2011
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Increasing Access to Voluntary Screening for HIV/AIDS and STIs Act of 2011 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require a state plan to provide coverage of routine screening services for HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) with no cost sharing for such screening services.

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of SSA to require coverage of such screening services. Sets forth requirements for such screenings.

Amends the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and the Internal Revenue Code to require health plans to provide coverage for such screening under terms and conditions that are no less favorable than the terms and conditions applicable to other routine health screenings. Prohibits certain actions to avoid these requirements. Applies such requirement to the federal employees health benefits program.

Permits state Medicaid plans to provide medical coverage of individuals who have HIV/AIDS and whose income and resources do not exceed the maximum amount of income or resources disabled individuals may have to obtain such medical assistance. Provides for reimbursement to states at an enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) for such coverage. Excludes such coverage from the limitations on Medicaid payments to territories.

Requires the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to: (1) track national HIV/AIDS and STI screening trends and the burdens of HIV/AIDS and STIs among people with disabilities; (2) make sex education materials that promote voluntary screening for HIV/AIDS and STIs accessible to the deaf and hearing loss community and to people with intellectual disabilities; (3) ensure that national screening guidelines for cervical cancer state that women who have sex with women should have the same guidelines as women who have sex only with men; and (4) improve information collection concerning the transmission, morbidity, and screening for HIV/AIDS and STIs in transgender communities.

Cosponsors 55

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 5, 2011 to Jul 19, 2012; 25 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalMay 5, 2011
D-MABarney FrankOriginalMay 5, 2011
D-ILBobby L. RushOriginalMay 5, 2011
D-NYCharles B. RangelOriginalMay 5, 2011
D-ILDanny K. DavisOriginalMay 5, 2011
D-RIDavid N. CicillineOriginalMay 5, 2011
D-FLDebbie Wasserman SchultzOriginalMay 5, 2011
D-NJDonald M. PayneOriginalMay 5, 2011
D-VIDonna M. ChristensenOriginalMay 5, 2011
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalMay 5, 2011
D-WIGwen MooreOriginalMay 5, 2011
D-GAHenry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.OriginalMay 5, 2011
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalMay 5, 2011
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalMay 5, 2011
D-COJared PolisOriginalMay 5, 2011
D-ILJesse L. Jackson, Jr.OriginalMay 5, 2011
D-MIJohn Conyers, Jr.OriginalMay 5, 2011
D-NYJose E. SerranoOriginalMay 5, 2011
D-NYMaurice D. HincheyOriginalMay 5, 2011
D-ILMike QuigleyOriginalMay 5, 2011
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalMay 5, 2011
D-PARobert A. BradyOriginalMay 5, 2011
D-WITammy BaldwinOriginalMay 5, 2011
D-FLTheodore E. DeutchOriginalMay 5, 2011
D-MOWm. Lacy ClayOriginalMay 5, 2011
D-OHDennis J. KucinichMay 10, 2011
D-MDDonna F. EdwardsMay 10, 2011
D-CAMaxine WatersJul 6, 2011
D-NYEdolphus TownsAug 19, 2011
D-FLFrederica S. WilsonAug 19, 2011
D-NCG. K. ButterfieldAug 19, 2011
D-VAGerald E. ConnollyAug 19, 2011
D-MPGregorio Kilili Camacho SablanAug 19, 2011
D-NYGregory W. MeeksAug 19, 2011
D-WAJim McDermottAug 19, 2011
D-CAKaren BassAug 19, 2011
D-CALaura RichardsonAug 19, 2011
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeAug 19, 2011
D-NYEliot L. EngelAug 30, 2011
D-CAMichael M. HondaAug 30, 2011
D-TNSteve CohenAug 30, 2011
D-INAndré CarsonSep 2, 2011
D-VAJames P. MoranSep 2, 2011
D-ILLuis V. GutierrezSep 2, 2011
D-NJSteven R. RothmanSep 2, 2011
D-CABob FilnerSep 9, 2011
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneySep 9, 2011
D-CODiana DeGetteSep 9, 2011
D-CALynn C. WoolseySep 9, 2011
D-CASusan A. DavisSep 9, 2011
D-FLKathy CastorJun 6, 2012
D-MORuss CarnahanJun 6, 2012
D-OREarl BlumenauerJul 10, 2012
D-NYYvette D. ClarkeJul 17, 2012
D-CAJackie SpeierJul 19, 2012

Committees 4

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEnergy and Commerce Committee
Referred May 5, 2011
Health Subcommittee
Referred May 6, 2011
HouseEducation and Workforce Committee
Referred May 5, 2011
Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee
Referred May 20, 2011
HouseWays and Means Committee
Referred May 5, 2011
Health Subcommittee
Referred May 11, 2011
HouseOversight and Government Reform Committee
Referred May 5, 2011
Information Technology Subcommittee
Referred May 13, 2011

Actions 7

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. May 20, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
  2. May 13, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy .
  3. May 11, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  4. May 6, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  5. May 5, 2011Introduced in House
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In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
ExtensionsDebate and remarks E826Alcee L. Hastings D-FLMay 5, 2011

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Clause 1 of Section 8 in Article 1 relating to the general welfare of the United States.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H3110.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 6006Early Treatment for HIV Act of 2012Related billJun 22, 2012

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To provide for an evidence-based strategy for voluntary screening for HIV/AIDS and other common sexually transmitted infections, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
Increasing Access to Voluntary Screening for HIV/AIDS and STIs Act of 2011

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. May 5, 2011Introduced in House

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