UPDATE: H.R.1379 – To amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require that group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans provide coverage for treatment of a congenital anomaly or birth defect.

LATEST ACTION: February 26, 2019 - Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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.

BILL TITLE: To amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require that group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans provide coverage for treatment of a congenital anomaly or birth defect.

[NOTE: The contents of this legislative update are current as of 06:00 AM on February 27, 2019.]

BILL NUMBER: 116th Congress: House Bill 1379 (H.R.1379)

CHAMBER OF ORIGIN: U.S. House of Representatives

CURRENT CHAMBER: U.S. House of Representatives

For DETAILED LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION on H.R.1379, visit: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1379

BILL TEXT: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1379/text

ACTIONS-TO-DATE (ordered by most recent first):

02/26/2019 -- House -- Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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.

02/26/2019 -- House -- Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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.

02/26/2019 -- House -- Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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.

02/26/2019 -- House -- Introduced in House.

SPONSOR(S)*:

-- Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7]

CO-SPONSOR(S)*:

[*Note: Sponsors and co-sponsors are current as of February 26, 2019. For the most up-to-date version of the sponsor and co-sponsor lists, visit: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1379/cosponsors ]

-- Rep. Riggleman, Denver [R-VA-5]

-- Rep. Axne, Cynthia [D-IA-3]

-- Rep. Rice, Kathleen M. [D-NY-4]

-- Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2]

-- Rep. Visclosky, Peter J. [D-IN-1]

-- Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13]

-- Rep. Stivers, Steve [R-OH-15]

COMMITTEES: House Education and Labor; House Ways and Means Committee; House Energy and Commerce Committee.