US Congress House Bill 1448 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 29-0)
Status: Introduced on April 8 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-04-27 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy .
Pending: House Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Federal Response to Eliminate Eating Disorders Act of 2011 - Amends the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) to require the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to take certain actions regarding eating disorder research, including to: (1) implement a scientifically justified budget for research on eating disorders; (2) coordinate and evaluate NIH research activities and programs; (3) expand NIH research on eating disorders; (4) establish a task force on eating disorder research; and (5) provide for centers of excellence for research on eating disorders. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to: (1) provide for the collection, analysis, and reporting of epidemiological data on eating disorders; (2) establish a Center of Eating Disorders Epidemiology to collect and analyze information on eating disorders; and (3) establish a CDC clearinghouse for the collection and storage of data generated under this Act. Sets forth provisions providing for education and training on eating disorders, including requirements for: (1) developing and implementing a training program for health professionals on eating disorders; (2) establishing the Task Force on Eating Disorders Prevention in Educational Institutions to develop and provide training on eating disorders identification and prevention for students, faculty, coaches, and staff in schools; and (3) conducting public service announcements. Amends the PHSA, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and the Internal Revenue Code to require a group health plan that provides medical and surgical benefits to also provide coverage for eating disorders. Applies such requirement to coverage offered in the individual market and coverage offered under the Federal Employees Health Benefit Program. Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to expand coverage for eating disorders. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, to award grants for patient advocacy to help individuals with eating disorders obtain adequate health care services and insurance coverage.

Federal Response to Eliminate Eating Disorders Act of 2011

Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]
Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]
Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]
Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Carolyn McCarthy [D-NY]
Rep. Brad Miller [D-NC]	Rep. James Moran [D-VA]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]
Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]
Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Allyson Schwartz [D-PA]	Rep. John Tierney [D-MA]
Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-04-27	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy .
2011-04-19	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2011-04-15	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
2011-04-15	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2011-04-08	House	Referred to House Education and the Workforce
2011-04-08	House	Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
2011-04-08	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2011-04-08	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2011-04-08	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Oversight and Government Reform, and 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.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/1448/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr1448/BILLS-112hr1448ih.pdf