Timeline

Representative Cardiss Collins (D-IL)

A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to include breast prosthesis among the items and services for which payment may be made under the supplementary medical insurance program.

Collins introduced this legislation during the 95th, 96th, 97th, 98th, and 99th Congresses. During the 100th Congress, Collins also included mammograms in her proposed legislation. During the 102nd Congress this legislation was introduced as the MEDICAID WOMEN’S BASIC HEALTH COVERAGE ACT OF 1991. Collins introduced similar legislation during the 103rd and 104th Congress.

Collins also introduced this legislation during the 97th, 98th, 99th and 100th Congresses.

Collins also introduced this legislation 97th, 98th, and 99th Congresses.

Collins also introduced this legislation during the 100th Congress.

A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide payment for dental services under part B of the Medicare Program.

A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to reduce infant mortality through improvement of coverage of services to pregnant women and infants under the Medicaid Program.

The Medicaid Infant Mortality Amendments of 1993 (103rd Congress) and the Infant Mortality Amendments of 1995 (104th Congress) are similar pieces of legislation.

Collins introduced similar legislation during the 103rd Congress.

A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for demonstration projects to improve the Health of racial and ethnic minority groups by preventing disease and death.

Meek introduced similar legislation during the 105th and 106th Congresses.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve research activities of the Department of Veterans Affairs relating to women veterans.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve Healthcare services for women veterans provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for an assessment of the provision of Healthcare services and the conduct of research by the Department of Veterans Affairs relating to women veterans.

A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to expand and intensify programs of the National Institutes of Health with respect to research and related activities concerning osteoporosis and related bone diseases.

During the 106th Congress Johnson introduced similar legislation with the Public Health Osteoporosis Screening Diagnosis and Treatment Act of 1999.

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax credit to primary Health providers who establish practices in Health professional shortage areas.

Kilpatrick also introduced this legislation during 106th Congress.

A bill to require managed care organizations to contract with providers in medically underserved areas, and for other purposes.

A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to mental Health services for children, adolescents and their families.

Lee introduced similar legislation during the 107th and 108th Congresses.

A bill to provide for an increase in funding for research on uterine fibroids through the National Institutes of Health, and to provide for a program to provide information and education to the public on such fibroids.

A bill to require managed care organizations to contract with providers in medically underserved areas, and for other purposes.

A bill to amend the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to allow States and localities to provide primary and preventive care to all individuals.

A bill to prohibit the introduction into interstate commerce of mercury intended for use in a dental filling, and for other purposes

Watson introduced similar legislation during the 108th and 109th Congresses.

A bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make demonstration grants to promote the well-being and educational achievement of children through school-based Health programs.

A bill to require the President to establish a comprehensive, integrated, and culturally appropriate HIV prevention strategy that emphasizes the needs of women and girls for each country for which the United States provides assistance to combat HIV/AIDS, and for other purposes.

A bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish Health empowerment zone programs in communities that disproportionately experience disparities in Health status and Healthcare, and for other purposes.

She and members of the CBC introduced similar legislation during the 109 th Congress.

A bill to give States the flexibility to reduce bureaucracy by streamlining enrollment processes for the Medicaid and State children’s Health insurance programs through better linkages with programs providing nutrition and related assistance to low-income families.

This bill was cosponsored by several members of the CBC.

A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to increase the Federal medical assistance percentage for the District of Columbia under the Medicaid Program to 75 percent.

A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide medical assistance for certain men screened and found to have prostate cancer under a Federally funded screening program.

This bill was cosponsored members of the CBC.

A bill to provide for coverage of hormone replacement therapy for treatment of menopausal symptoms, and for coverage of an alternative insurance coverage, and other Federal Health insurance programs for hormone replacement therapy for such symptoms, under the Medicare and Medicaid Programs, group health plans and individual health.

To improve the health of minority individuals.

A bill to dedicate 10 percent of Hurricane Katrina disaster relief funds for mental Health services to victims and first responders.

A bill to establish within the Department of Health and Human Services the position of HIV/AIDS Emergency Response Coordinator in order to coordinate the provision of certain services to individuals with HIV disease who have been displaced as a result of Hurricane Katrina or Rita, and for other purposes.

A bill to require the President and the Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator to establish a comprehensive and integrated HIV prevention strategy to address the vulnerabilities of women and girls in countries for which the United States provides assistance to combat HIV/AIDS, and for other purposes.