Women's Health Related Legislation: January


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Women's Health-Related Legislation in the United States Congress
January - March 2002

H.R. 3989
Rep. Nita M. Lowey (D-NY)
Energy and Commerce
(03/18/02)
A bill to authorize additional appropriations to the National Institutes of Health for research on the early detection of and the reduction of mortality rates attributed to breast cancer.

H.R. 4000
Rep. Jerry Weller (R-IL)
Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means
(03/19/02)
A bill to enhance the access of Medicare beneficiaries who live in medically underserved areas to critical primary and preventive health care benefits, to improve the Medicare Choice program, and for other purposes.

H.R. 4066
Rep. Marge Roukema (R-NJ)
Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce
(03/20/02)
A bill to provide for equal coverage of mental health benefits with respect to health insurance coverage unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits.

H.R. 4011
Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY)
Energy and Commerce
(03/20/02)
A bill to establish the Stem Cell Research Board to conduct research on the effects of the President's August 9, 2001, stem cell research directive.

S. 2042
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME)
Finance
(03/21/02)
A bill to expand access to affordable health care and to strengthen the health care safety net and make health care services more available in rural and underserved areas.

H.R. 3961
Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY)
Judiciary
(03/13/02)
A bill to provide additional resources to states to eliminate the backlog of unanalyzed rape kits and to ensure timely analysis of rape kits in the future.

S. 2002
Sen. Paul Wellstone (D-MN)
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
(03/08/02)
A bill to ensure that victims of domestic violence get the help they need in a single phone call, and for other purposes.

S. 2008
Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH)
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
(03/12/02)
A bill to allow physicians and health care entities to opt out of performing or providing coverge for abortions if they object on religious or moral grounds.

S. 2009
Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL)
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
(03/12/02)
A bill to provide services for the prevention of family violence.

H.R. 3933
Rep. Brad Carson (D-OK)
Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means
(03/12/02)
A bill to prevent abuse of recipients of long-term care services under Medicare and Medicaid.

S. 1995
Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME)
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
(03/06/02)
A bill to prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic information with respect to health insurance and employment

S. 1990
Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA)
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
(03/06/02)
A bill to establish a public education awareness program relating to emergency contraception.

H.R. 3887
Rep. Louise McIntosh Slaughter (D-NY)
Energy and Commerce
(03/06/02)
A bill to establish a public education and awareness program relating to emergency contraception.

S. 1984
Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY)
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
(03/04/02)
A bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to nonprofit tax-exempt organizations for the purchase of ultrasound equipment to provide free examinations to pregnant women needing such services, and for other purposes.

H.R. 3899
Rep. Brad Carson (D-OK)
Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means
(03/07/02)
A bill to provide for the coverage of marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services under Medicare, and for other purposes.

H.R. 3915
Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY)
Government Reform
(03/07/02)
A bill to provide that, of the total amount of family leave available to a federal employee based on the birth of a child or the placement of a child with the employee for adoption or foster care, at least one-half of that time shall be leave with pay.

H.R. 3841
Rep. William M. Thomas (R-CA)
Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, Budget
(03/05/02)
A bill to provide assistance to displaced workers by extending unemployment benefits and by providing a credit for health insurance costs, and for other purposes.

H. Con. Res. 344
Rep. Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL)
International Relations, Judiciary
(03/07/02)
A concurrent resolution supporting the goals of International Women's Day.

H.R. 3910
Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY)
Energy and Commerce/ Ways and Means
(03/07/02)
A bill to provide for coverage under Medicare of certain tests to screen for ovarian cancer upon certification by the Director of the National Institutes of Health that such tests are effective.

H.R. 3913
Rep. Nita M. Lowey (D-NY)
Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, Government Reform
(03/07/02)
A bill to require equitable treatment in health care coverage of prescription drugs under group health plans, health insurance coverage, Medicare and Medicaid managed care arrangements, Medigap insurance coverage, and health plans under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program.

S. 1976
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
(02/28/02)
A bill to provide for a comprehensive federal effort relating to treatments for, and the prevention of cancer, and for other purposes.

S. 1954
Sen. Russel Feingold (D-WI)
Finance
2/14/02
A bill to establish a demonstration project under the medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide the incentives necessary to attract educators and clinical practitioners to underserved areas.

S.1936
Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL)
Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
2/12/02
A bill to address the international HIV/AIDS pandemic.

S. 1931
Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-CT)
Finance
2/11/02
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit under the medicare program.

S. 1916
Sen. Mark Dayton (D-MN)
Finance
2/7/02
A bill to provide unemployed workers with health coverage assistance.

H. Res. 346
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL)
Energy and Commerce
2/8/02
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding prenatal care for women and children.

H. Res 345
Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA)
Judiciary
2/7/02
Condemning all acts of discrimination and violence and supporting the No Room for Racism campaign.

H.R. 3752
Rep. Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL)
Financial Services
2/13/02
To provide housing assistance to domestic violence victims.

H.R. 3710
Rep. Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD)
Energy and Commerce
2/8/02
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit under the Medicare Program.

H.R. 3686
Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-FL)
Energy and Commerce
2/5/02
To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to nonprofit tax-exempt organizations for the purchase of ultrasound equipment to provide free examinations to pregnant women needing such services, and for other purposes.

H.R. 3676
Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO)
Energy and Commerce; Ways and Means
2/5/02
To amend titles V, XVIII, and XIX of the Social Security Act to promote tobacco use cessation under the Medicare Program, the Medicaid Program, and the maternal and child health program.

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