Anna Westin Act of 2015
Latest action · Jun 3, 2016 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.
- IntroducedMay 21, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Anna Westin Act of 2015
This bill requires the Office on Women's Health of the Department of Health and Human Services to revise, promote, and make freely available the BodyWise Handbook and BodyWorks obesity prevention program. The handbook must include information about eating disorders relating to males as well as females.
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration must award grants: (1) to integrate training on eating disorders into existing curricula for health, mental health, and public health professionals; and (2) to states, Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and educational institutions for seminars for school personnel on eating disorders and to make resources available to individuals affected by eating disorders.
The National Institute of Mental Health must make public service announcements on eating disorders.
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act, Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and Internal Revenue Code to prohibit health insurance coverage from permanently excluding a particular condition from mental health or substance use disorder benefits. Mental health and substance use disorder benefits include residential treatment.
The Federal Trade Commission must submit to Congress a report that contains a strategy and recommendations to reduce the use in advertising of images that have been altered to change the physical characteristics of the individuals depicted.Cosponsors 88
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 21, 2015 to Sep 8, 2016; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-FL | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | Original | May 21, 2015 |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Jun 8, 2015 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Jul 21, 2015 | |
| D-NC | David E. Price | Jul 21, 2015 | |
| R-IA | David Young | Jul 21, 2015 | |
| R-NJ | Leonard Lance | Jul 21, 2015 | |
| D-FL | Lois Frankel | Jul 21, 2015 | |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | Jul 21, 2015 | |
| D-PA | Brendan F. Boyle | Jul 31, 2015 | |
| R-IL | Robert J. Dold | Jul 31, 2015 | |
| D-MN | Collin C. Peterson | Sep 15, 2015 | |
| R-MN | Erik Paulsen | Sep 15, 2015 | |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Sep 15, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Sep 15, 2015 | |
| R-PA | Ryan A. Costello | Sep 18, 2015 | |
| R-IL | Rodney Davis | Sep 24, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Sep 30, 2015 | |
| R-WV | David B. McKinley | Oct 13, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Oct 16, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Oct 20, 2015 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Oct 22, 2015 | |
| D-MA | Joseph P. Kennedy III | Oct 23, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Oct 23, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Oct 28, 2015 | |
| R-MN | Tom Emmer | Oct 28, 2015 | |
| R-WV | Alexander X. Mooney | Oct 29, 2015 | |
| R-PA | Patrick Meehan | Oct 29, 2015 | |
| D-MN | Richard M. Nolan | Oct 29, 2015 | |
| D-IA | David Loebsack | Nov 2, 2015 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Nov 2, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Nov 3, 2015 | |
| R-FL | Thomas J. Rooney | Nov 3, 2015 | |
| R-WI | F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. | Nov 4, 2015 | |
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Nov 4, 2015 | |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Nov 16, 2015 | |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | Nov 16, 2015 | |
| R-FL | Carlos Curbelo | Nov 17, 2015 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Nov 17, 2015 | |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | Nov 19, 2015 | |
| I-AZ | Kyrsten Sinema | Nov 19, 2015 | |
| D-AZ | Ann Kirkpatrick | Dec 1, 2015 | |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Dec 1, 2015 | |
| R-PA | Keith J. Rothfus | Dec 1, 2015 | |
| D-NM | Ben Ray Luján | Dec 8, 2015 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Dec 8, 2015 | |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Dec 8, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Jerry McNerney | Dec 8, 2015 | |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Dec 8, 2015 | |
| R-PA | Michael G. Fitzpatrick | Dec 8, 2015 | |
| R-PA | Mike Kelly | Dec 15, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Dec 15, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Dec 17, 2015 | |
| R-MS | Gregg Harper | Feb 2, 2016 | |
| R-ND | Kevin Cramer | Feb 2, 2016 | |
| R-NY | Peter T. King | Feb 2, 2016 | |
| R-VA | Barbara Comstock | Feb 10, 2016 | |
| R-FL | Daniel Webster | Feb 10, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Feb 10, 2016 | |
| R-OK | Markwayne Mullin | Feb 10, 2016 | |
| R-SC | Trey Gowdy | Feb 11, 2016 | |
| R-FL | Ander Crenshaw | Feb 12, 2016 | |
| R-WV | Evan H. Jenkins | Feb 23, 2016 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Feb 23, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Feb 26, 2016 | |
| D-FL | Patrick Murphy | Feb 26, 2016 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Feb 26, 2016 | |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Feb 26, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Feb 26, 2016 | |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Feb 29, 2016 | |
| R-IN | Susan W. Brooks | Feb 29, 2016 | |
| R-AK | Don Young | Mar 21, 2016 | |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | Mar 21, 2016 | |
| D-FL | Corrine Brown | Apr 12, 2016 | |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Apr 12, 2016 | |
| D-NC | G. K. Butterfield | Apr 12, 2016 | |
| R-MO | Ann Wagner | Apr 19, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Apr 19, 2016 | |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Apr 19, 2016 | |
| D-MN | Timothy J. Walz | Apr 19, 2016 | |
| D-FL | Gwen Graham | Apr 26, 2016 | |
| D-MI | Sander M. Levin | Apr 26, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | Apr 27, 2016 | |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | May 16, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | May 16, 2016 | |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Jun 7, 2016 | |
| D-NE | Brad Ashford | Jun 21, 2016 | |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Jun 21, 2016 | |
| R-FL | David W. Jolly | Sep 8, 2016 |
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 May 21, 2015 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred May 22, 2015 | |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred May 21, 2015 |
| Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee | Referred Nov 16, 2015 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred May 21, 2015 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jun 3, 2016 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 3, 2016Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Nov 16, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
- May 22, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- May 21, 2015Introduced in House
- May 21, 2015Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, 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.
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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 79, May 21, 2015, page H3562.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 114-581 | MENTAL HEALTH IN AMERICA: WHERE ARE WE NOW?80 pages | Finance Committee | Apr 28, 2016 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1865 | Anna Westin Act of 2015 | Related bill | Jul 27, 2015 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to eating disorders, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Anna Westin Act of 2015
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Congressional oversight
- Consumer affairs
- Digestive and metabolic diseases
- Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
- Education programs funding
- Elementary and secondary education
- Government information and archives
- Health
- Health care costs and insurance
- Health care coverage and access
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Higher education
- Marketing and advertising
- Medical education
- Medical tests and diagnostic methods
- Mental health
- Nutrition and diet
- Teaching, teachers, curricula
- Women's health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 21, 2015Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
