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H.R. 2174 (105th)

Equity in Prescription Insurance and Contraceptive Coverage Act of 1997

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Introduced

16 July 1997

Last action

22 July 1997 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.

Sponsors

Rep. Greenwood, James C. [R-PA-8], Rep. Molinari, Susan [R-NY-13], Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-17], Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-33], Rep. Horn, Stephen [R-CA-38], Rep. Shays, Christopher [R-CT-4], Rep. Bilbray, Brian P. [R-CA-50], Rep. Morella, Constance A. [R-MD-8], Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6], Rep. Cook, Merrill [R-UT-2], Rep. Kennelly, Barbara B. [D-CT-1], Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18], Rep. Boehlert, Sherwood [R-NY-24], Rep. Bentsen, Ken [D-TX-25], Rep. Tauscher, Ellen O. [D-CA-10], Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20], Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18], Rep. Lantos, Tom [D-CA-12], Rep. Farr, Sam [D-CA-20], Rep. Kelly, Sue W. [R-NY-19], Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ], Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-5], Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-28], Rep. Olver, John W. [D-MA-1], Rep. Frost, Martin [D-TX-24], Rep. Baldacci, John Elias [D-ME-2], Rep. Barrett, Thomas M. [D-WI-5], Rep. Capps, Walter [D-CA-22], Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13], Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5], Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1], Rep. Meehan, Martin T. [D-MA-5], Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18], Rep. Martinez, Matthew G. [D-CA-31], Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4], Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29], Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4], Rep. Kennedy, Patrick J. [D-RI-1], Rep. Millender-McDonald, Juanita [D-CA-37], Rep. Skaggs, David E. [D-CO-2], Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3], Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., II [D-MA-8], Rep. Rothman, Steven R. [D-NJ-9], Rep. Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [D-IL-2], Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-25], Rep. Johnson, Nancy L. [R-CT-5], Rep. Pallone, Frank [D-NJ-6], Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13]

Subjects

Healthcare

Source updated

3 June 2026

Healthcare

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Summary

Equity in Prescription Insurance and Contraceptive Coverage Act of 1997 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Public Health Service Act to prohibit a group health plan, and a health insurance issuer providing group coverage, from: (1) excluding or restricting benefits for prescription contraceptive drugs, devices, and outpatient services if the plan provides benefits for other outpatient prescription drugs, devices, or outpatient services; (2) denying eligibility based on use or potential use of such items or services; (3) providing monetary payments or rebates to a covered individual to encourage acceptance of less than the minimum protections available; (4) penalizing, reducing, or limiting a professional's reimbursement because the professional prescribed such drugs or devices or provided such services; or (5) providing incentives to a professional to induce the professional to withhold drugs, devices, or services. Amends the Public Health Service Act to apply those prohibitions to coverage offered in the individual market.

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Timeline

  1. 16 July 1997

    Introduced

    Referred to House Education and the Workforce

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 16 July 1997

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Commerce, 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.

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 16 July 1997

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 16 July 1997

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  5. 22 July 1997

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.

    Source: Committee

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