3.0.0 2402 2023-01-11T13:19:14Z 2023-01-11T13:19:14Z House H HR 2009-05-13 111 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2009-05-14T16:26:09Z Referred to 2009-05-13T14:02:47Z Women's Health Insurance Fairness Act of 2009 111 969 S 2009-05-05 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS 2009-05-14 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2009-05-13 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2009-05-13 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1139-1140) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2009-05-13 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-05-13 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress N000015 Rep. Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-2] RICHARD NEAL D MA E. 2 N D000598 Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53] SUSAN DAVIS D CA A. 53 2009-05-13 True Health Congressional oversight Health care costs and insurance Sex and reproductive health Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination Women's health Health 00 2009-05-13 Introduced in House 2009-08-18T20:45:21Z Woman's Health Insurance Fairness Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to prohibit health insurance issuers offering individual health insurance coverage from: (1) considering the gender of an enrollee when determining premium; (2) imposing any preexisting condition exclusion relating to pregnancy; or (3) otherwise discriminating against women on the basis of a current or past pregnancy, past or future method of delivery, and past pregnancy outcome.

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to: (1) develop a minimum benefit standard for the provision of comprehensive maternity coverage under an individual health plan, which shall require coverage for the full scope of maternity services from preconception through postpartum; and (2) require health insurance issuers to provide data to the Secretary to monitor compliance.

Directs the Comptroller General to report to the appropriate congressional committees on health insurance coverage offered on the individual insurance market and on problems remaining for women after the enactment of this Act.

]]> Woman's Health Insurance Fairness Act of 2009 Display Title Woman's Health Insurance Fairness Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Public Health Service Act to ensure fairness in the coverage of women in the individual health insurance market. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Woman's Health Insurance Fairness Act of 2009 Introduced in House 2009-05-13T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr2402ih/xml/BILLS-111hr2402ih.xml 2009-05-14 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.