HR 3163 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

Affordability Is Access Act

Introduced Jul 22, 2015 Originated House Sponsor Tammy Duckworth D-IL

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jul 24, 2015 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. IntroducedJul 22, 2015
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Affordability Is Access Act

This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require health insurance and group health plans to cover, as preventive care for women, over-the-counter oral contraceptives for daily use, regardless of whether an enrollee has a prescription for the contraceptive. (Insurers and plans cannot impose cost sharing for preventive care.)

Cosponsors 89

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 22, 2015 to Nov 15, 2016, with 76 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-FLAlan GraysonOriginalJul 22, 2015
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsOriginalJul 22, 2015
D-CAAmi BeraOriginalJul 22, 2015
D-NHAnn M. KusterOriginalJul 22, 2015
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalJul 22, 2015
D-TXBeto O'RourkeOriginalJul 22, 2015
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalJul 22, 2015
D-NJBonnie Watson ColemanOriginalJul 22, 2015
D-MIBrenda L. LawrenceOriginalJul 22, 2015
D-PABrendan F. BoyleOriginalJul 22, 2015
D-NYCharles B. RangelOriginalJul 22, 2015
D-MEChellie PingreeOriginalJul 22, 2015
D-ILCheri BustosOriginalJul 22, 2015
D-MDChris Van HollenOriginalJul 22, 2015
D-ILDanny K. DavisOriginalJul 22, 2015
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Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jul 24, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  2. Jul 22, 2015Introduced in House
  3. Jul 22, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 1532Affordability Is Access ActIdentical billJun 9, 2015

Subjects

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

Text 1

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  1. Jul 22, 2015Introduced in House

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