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H.R. 463 (111th)

Prevention First Act of 2009

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Introduced

13 January 2009

Last action

14 January 2009 · Introduced

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Sponsors

Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-25], Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1], Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3], Rep. Harman, Jane [D-CA-36], Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12], Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-17], Rep. Rothman, Steven R. [D-NJ-9], Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-33], Rep. Abercrombie, Neil [D-HI-1], Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-5], Rep. Adler, John H. [D-NJ-3], Rep. Arcuri, Michael A. [D-NY-24], Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI], Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1], Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-28], Rep. Biggert, Judy [R-IL-13], Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1], Rep. Bishop, Sanford D. [D-GA-2], Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3], Rep. Boucher, Rick [D-VA-9], ROBERT BRADY, Rep. Braley, Bruce L. [D-IA-1], Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-24], Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-8], Rep. Carnahan, Russ [D-MO-3], Rep. Chandler, Ben [D-KY-6], Rep. Clay, Wm. Lacy [D-MO-1], Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9], Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11], Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-14], Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53], Rep. Delahunt, William D. [D-MA-10], Rep. Dicks, Norman D. [D-WA-6], Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5], Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16], Rep. Farr, Sam [D-CA-20], Rep. Fattah, Chaka [D-PA-2], Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51], Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4], Rep. Giffords, Gabrielle [D-AZ-8], Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY], Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9], Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29], Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7], Rep. Hall, John J. [D-NY-19], Rep. Hare, Phil [D-IL-17], Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-26], Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22]

Subjects

Healthcare, Education

Source updated

14 August 2025

Healthcare · Education

Summary

Prevention First Act of 2009 - Title X Family Planning Services Act of 2009 - Authorizes appropriations for family planning services grants and contracts under the Public Health Service Act (PHSA). Equity in Prescription Insurance and Contraceptive Coverage Act of 2009 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and PHSA to prohibit a group health plan from excluding or restricting benefits for prescription contraceptive drugs, devices, and outpatient services if the plan provides benefits for other outpatient prescription drugs, devices, or health care services. Applies such prohibitions to coverage offered in the individual market. Emergency Contraception Education Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop and disseminate information on emergency contraception to the public and to health care providers. Compassionate Assistance for Rape Emergencies Act of 2009 - Requires hospitals, as a condition of receiving federal funds, to offer and to provide, upon request, emergency contraception to victims of sexual assault. At-Risk Communities Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Act of 2009 - Authorizes the Secretary to award grants for teenage pregnancy prevention programs. Requires the Secretary to award grants for teenage pregnancy prevention research. Truth in Contraception Act of 2009 - Requires that any information concerning the use of a contraceptive provided through specified federally funded education programs be medically accurate and include health benefits and failure rates. Unintended Pregnancy Reduction Act of 2009 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to expand Medicaid's coverage of family planning services. Responsible Education About Life Act of 2009 - Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to states to conduct sex education programs, including programs that provide education on abstinence and contraception for the prevention of teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases.

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Timeline

  1. 13 January 2009

    Introduced

    Referred to House Energy and Commerce

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 13 January 2009

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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. 13 January 2009

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 13 January 2009

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  5. 14 January 2009

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

    Source: Committee

  6. 14 January 2009

    Introduced

    Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E86-87)

    Source: IntroReferral

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