Federal Response to Eliminate Eating Disorders Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1193
Sponsor: Rep. Kennedy, Patrick J. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2009-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Department of Health and Human Services
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Disability and health-based discrimination
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Employee benefits and pensions
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Higher education
Medical education
Medical research
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Nutrition and diet
Research administration and funding
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-25
text: 
Federal Response to Eliminate Eating Disorders Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) to require the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to take certain actions regarding eating disorder research, including to: (1) implement a scientifically justified budget for research on eating disorders; (2) coordinate and evaluate NIH research activities and programs; (3) expand NIH research on eating disorders; (4) establish a task force on eating disorder research; and (5) provide for centers of excellence for research on eating disorders.
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to: (1) provide for the collection, analysis, and reporting of epidemiological data on eating disorders; (2) establish a Center of Eating Disorders Epidemiology to collect and analyze information on eating disorders; and (3) establish a CDC clearinghouse for the collection and storage of data generated under this Act.
 
Sets forth provisions providing for education and training on eating disorders, including requirements for: (1) developing and implementing a training program for health professionals on eating disorders; (2) establishing the Task Force on Eating Disorders Prevention in Educational Institutions to develop and provide training on eating disorders identification and prevention for students, faculty, coaches, and staff in schools; and (3) conducting public service announcements.
 
Amends the PHSA, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and the Internal Revenue Code to require a group health plan that provides medical and surgical benefits to also provide coverage for eating disorders. Applies such requirement to coverage offered in the individual market and coverage offered under the Federal Employees Health Benefit Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2009-04-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
action_date: 2009-04-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2009-02-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-02-25
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-02-25
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2009-02-25
text: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
action_date: 2009-02-25
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-02-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Education and Labor, and Ways and Means, 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: 2009-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-25
text: Introduced in House