US Congress House Bill 4140 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 42-0)
Status: Introduced on November 19 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-12-01 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Increasing Access to Voluntary Screening for HIV/AIDS and STIs Act of 2009 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to: (1) allow a higher payment to states for routine HIV/AIDS and STI (sexually transmitted infections recognized by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC]) screening services; and (2) require coverage of low-income HIV/AIDS infected individuals. Directs the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to adopt a broad policy for voluntary HIV/AIDS and STI screening for all Medicare beneficiaries who are 13 years of age or older. Authorizes the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to federally qualified health centers to provide voluntary HIV/AIDS and STI screening. Amends the Public Health Service Act to require group and individual health plans to provide routine HIV/AIDS and STI screening. Requires the Director of the CDC to: (1) track national HIV/AIDS and STI screening trends and the burdens of HIV/AIDS and STIs among people with disabilities; (2) make sex education materials that promote voluntary screening for HIV/AIDS and STIs accessible to the deaf and hearing loss community and to people with intellectual disabilities; (3) ensure that national screening guidelines for cervical cancer state that women who have sex with women should have the same guidelines as women who have sex only with men; and (4) improve information collection concerning the transmission, morbidity, and screening for HIV/AIDS and STIs in transgender communities.

Increasing Access to Voluntary Screening for HIV/AIDS and STIs Act of 2009

Rep. Joe Baca [D-CA]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]
Rep. Donna Christensen [D-VI]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]
Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]
Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]	Rep. Al Green [D-TX]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]
Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D-NY]	Rep. Jesse Jackson [D-IL]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]
Rep. Dennis Kucinich [D-OH]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Kendrick Meek [D-FL]
Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]
Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]
Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]	Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]
Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. Edolphus Towns [D-NY]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]
Rep. Diane Watson [D-CA]	Rep. Robert Wexler [D-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-12-01		Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2009-11-19		Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
2009-11-19		Referred to House Education and Labor
2009-11-19		Referred to House Ways and Means
2009-11-19		Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2009-11-19		Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, and Oversight and Government 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.
2009-11-19		Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2824)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/4140/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr4140/BILLS-111hr4140ih.pdf