Women's Health-Related Legislation: July-September 1997


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Women's Health-Related Legislation in the United States Congress
July - September 1997

BILL #	SPONSOR	COMMITTEE	DATE
S. 1229	Sen. Ben Campbell (R-CO)	Labor and Human Resources	9/26/97
A bill to provide for the conduct of a clinical trial concerning digital mammography.
H.R.2519	Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO)	Commerce	9/23/97
Tobacco-Free Youth Act -- A bill to increase the legal age of smoking from 18 to 21.
H.R.2525	Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY)	Labor and Human Resources Commerce	9/23/97
Family Planning and Choice Protection Act of 1997 -- A bill to protect women's reproductive health and constitutional right to choice.
H.Res.235	Rep. Charles Bass (R-NH)	Commerce	9/18/97
Resolution expressing support for the goals of National Mammography Day
H.R.2409/ S.1147	Rep. Jim Ramstad (R-MN) Sen. Paul Wellstone (D-MN)	Commerce, Education and the Workforce, Ways and Means Labor and Human Resources	9/4/97
Substance Abuse Treatment Parity Act of 1997 -- A bill to provide nondiscriminatory coverage for substance abuse treatment services under private group and individual health coverage plans.
H.R.2275	Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY)	Education and the Workforce	7/25/97
Genetic Employment Protection Act of 1997 -- A bill to prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information.
H.Con.Res.125	Rep. Gil Gutknecht (R-MN)	Judiciary	7/25/97
Concurrent resolution that each state should enact notification procedures when a sexually violent offender is released.
H.R.2216	Rep. Joseph Kennedy (D-MA)	Commerce, Education and the Workforce	7/22/97
Genetic Protection in Insurance Coverage Act -- A bill to establish a limitation with respect to the disclosure and use of genetic information by life and disability insurers.
H.R.2198	Rep. Cliff Sterns (R-FL)	Commerce, Government Reform and Oversight, Education and the Workforce, Veterans Affairs	7/17/97
Genetic Privacy and Nondiscrimination Act of 1997 -- A bill to establish limitations with respect to the disclosure and use of genetic information in connection with group health plans and health insurance coverage.
H.R.2174	Rep. James Greenwood (R-PA)	Education and the Workforce, Commerce	7/16/97
Equity in Prescription Insurance and Contraceptive Coverage Act of 1997 -- A bill to require equitable coverage of prescription contraceptive services under health plans.
H.R.2152	Rep. Robert Andrews (D-NJ)	Commerce, Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce	7/11/97
Screening Mammography Act of 1997 -- A bill to require that group and individual health plans provide coverage for annual screening mammography for certain individuals.
S.999	Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA)	Veterans Affairs	7/9/97
A bill to specify the frequency of screening mammograms provided to women veterans by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
H.R. 2130	Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA)	Commerce	7/9/97
Women's Cardiovascular Diseases Research and Prevention Act -- A bill to provide for expanding activities of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute with respect to heart attack, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women.

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