3.0.0 830 2023-01-11T13:36:59Z 2023-01-11T13:36:59Z Senate S 2017-04-05 115 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-04-05T16:59:24Z Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2017 115 1953 HR 2017-04-17 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2017-04-05 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2017-04-05 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001075 Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] Bill Cassidy R LA N C000174 Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] Thomas Carper D DE R. 2017-04-05 True G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. 2017-04-05 True C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2017-04-05 True M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK 2017-04-05 True H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. 2017-04-05 True C001047 Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] Shelley Capito R WV Moore 2017-04-05 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2017-04-24 False B001135 Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] Richard Burr R NC Mauze 2017-09-19 False R000307 Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] PAT ROBERTS R KS 2017-09-25 False Y000064 Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN] Todd Young R IN C. 2018-07-25 False Health Congressional oversight Health care coverage and access Health personnel Health promotion and preventive care Medical research Medicare Mental health Nutrition and diet Physical fitness and lifestyle Prescription drugs Health 00 2017-04-05 Introduced in Senate 2018-05-22T18:57:26Z Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2017

This bill allows coverage, under Medicare, of intensive behavioral therapy for obesity furnished by providers other than primary care physicians and practitioners.

Additionally, it allows coverage under Medicare's prescription drug benefit of drugs used for the treatment of obesity or for weight loss management for individuals who are overweight.

]]> Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2017 Display Title Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the coordination of programs to prevent and treat obesity, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2017 Introduced in Senate 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s830is/xml/BILLS-115s830is.xml 2017-04-05 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.