[History of Bills, Volume 143 (1997)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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H.R. 2693--A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act and Employee 
    Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require that group and 
    individual health insurance coverage and group health plans 
    provide coverage for qualified individuals for bone mass 
    measurement (bone density testing) to prevent fractures associated 
    with osteoporosis and to help women make informed choices about 
    their reproductive and post-menopausal health care; to the 
    Committees on Commerce; Education and the Workforce, 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.


By Mrs. MALONEY of New York (for herself, Mrs. Morella, Mr. Pascrell, 
Mr. Cook, Mrs. Tauscher, Mrs. Kelly, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, Ms. 
DeLauro, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Lantos, Ms. Slaughter, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. 
Frost, Mr. Sanders, Mrs. Thurman, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. 
Lipinski, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Evans, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, 
Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Green, Mr. Dellums, Mr. Rush, Mr. Filner, Mr. 
Sherman, Ms. Hooley of Oregon, Mr. Fazio of California, Mr. Wynn, Mr. 
Brown of California, Mr. Condit, Mr. Clement, Mr. Kennedy of Rhode 
Island, Mr. Kleczka, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Ford, Ms. Eshoo, and Ms. 
Woolsey), H9038 [22OC]

  Cosponsors added, H9730 [29OC]