Family Building Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2892
Sponsor: Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2007-06-27 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: 2007-06-27
text: 
Family Building Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) to require a group health plan that provides coverage for obstetrical services to include coverage for non-experimental treatment of infertility that is deemed appropriate by a participant or beneficiary and the treating physician. Requires coverage for assisted reproductive technology only if certain conditions are met. Prohibits a group health plan from taking specified actions to avoid the requirements of this Act.

Applies such requirements to health insurance coverage offered in the individual market and coverage offered through Federal Employees Health Benefit (FEHB) plans and Department of Defense health care plans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Oversight and 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: 2007-06-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Oversight and 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: 2007-06-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Oversight and 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: 2007-06-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Oversight and 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: 2007-06-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Oversight and 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: 2007-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: Introduced in House