US HB1692 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 187-0)
Status: Introduced on March 12 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-13 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on March 12 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-13 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Requires coverage for abortion care through public health insurance programs, including Medicaid, Medicare, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program, as well as insurance plans for federal employees. Further, abortion care must be available at federal, and federally supported, health care facilities to individuals eligible for services at such facilities.Additionally, the bill prohibits federal, state, or local governments from restricting coverage for abortion care available through private health insurance plans.
Title
Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance (EACH Woman) Act of 2019
Sponsors
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2019-03-13 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. |
2019-03-12 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. |
2019-03-12 | House | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Oversight and Reform, 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. |
2019-03-12 | House | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Oversight and Reform, 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. |
2019-03-12 | House | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Oversight and Reform, 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. |
2019-03-12 | House | Introduced in House |
Same As/Similar To
SB758 (Same As) 2019-03-12 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Subjects
Abortion
Child health
Employee benefits and pensions
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Medicaid
Medicare
Women's health
Child health
Employee benefits and pensions
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Medicaid
Medicare
Women's health
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1692/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr1692/BILLS-116hr1692ih.pdf |