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H.R.5615

H.R.5615: Group Health Plan Prosthetics Parity Act of 2007

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This bill was introduced in the 110th Congress
This bill is primarily about congress
Introduced March 13, 2008
Latest Major Action March 13, 2008

Bill Sponsor

Robert E. Andrews (D-N.J.)

Bill Cosponsors

28 (20 Democrats, 9 Republicans)

George Miller (D-Calif.)
Todd R. Platts (R-Pa.)
Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.)
Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.)
André Carson (D-Ind.)
Peter T. King (R-N.Y.)
Bruce Braley (D-Iowa)
Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.)
Bob Filner (D-Calif.)
Donald M. Payne (D-N.J.)
Zach Wamp (R-Tenn.)
Maxine Waters (D-Calif.)
Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.)
William Lacy Clay (D-Mo.)
Mike Doyle (D-Pa.)
Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.)
Peter Welch (D-Vt.)
Nita M. Lowey (D-N.Y.)
Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.)
Howard Coble (R-N.C.)
John F. Tierney (D-Mass.)
Luis G. Fortuno (R-Puerto Rico)
Lee Terry (R-Neb.)
Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.)
Joe Courtney (D-Conn.)
Tim Ryan (D-Ohio)
Tim Holden (D-Pa.)
Tom Petri (R-Wis.)

Bill Summary

Group Health Plan Prosthetics Parity Act of 2007 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to require a group health plan that provides both medical and surgical benefits and benefits for prosthetic devices and components to provide prosthetics coverage under terms and conditions that are no less favorable than those applicable to substantially all medical and surgical benefits provided under the plan.Prohibits the...

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Date	Description
	Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
March 13, 2008	Introduced in the House by Robert E. Andrews (D-N.J.)

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Introduced in the House by Robert E. Andrews (D-N.J.)