Family Building Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3014
Sponsor: Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2003-09-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Artificial insemination
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Communication in medicine
Discrimination in insurance
Discrimination in medical care
Employee health benefits
Federal employees
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government employees' health insurance
Health insurance
Human embryology
In vitro fertilization
Labor and Employment
Medical technology
Military medicine
Obstetrics
Reproduction
Science, Technology, Communications
Standards
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-04
text: Family Building Act of 2003 - Amends the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Federal Employees Health Benefits Plan, and defense health care plan provisions to require health plans to provide benefits for treatment of infertility in accord with specified standards.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency Organization.
action_date: 2003-10-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
action_date: 2003-10-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-09-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Government Reform, and Armed Services, 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.
action_date: 2003-09-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Government Reform, and Armed Services, 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.
action_date: 2003-09-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Government Reform, and Armed Services, 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.
action_date: 2003-09-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Government Reform, and Armed Services, 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.
action_date: 2003-09-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Government Reform, and Armed Services, 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.
action_date: 2003-09-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-09-04
text: Introduced in House