To permit States to condition use of State funds for purchase of prescription drugs for minors under certain Federal State matching programs upon parental consent.
Bill journey · stage 2 of 5
Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Nov 8, 1997)
Prohibits construing any Federal-State matching program as preventing a State from requiring, as a condition of providing assistance regarding the dispensing of a prescription drug to a minor, that a parent or guardian of the minor consent to the dispensing. Requires that these programs be considered Federal-State matching programs: (1) title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act; (2) title X (Population Research and Voluntary Family Planning Programs) of the Public Health Service Act; (3) title XX (Block Grants to States for Social Services) of the Social Security Act; and (4) part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families)(TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act.
What just happenedNov 20, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseNov 8, 1997
- Nov 20, 1997CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Health and Environment Subcommittee - Nov 18, 1997CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Work and Welfare Subcommittee - Nov 8, 1997IntroReferralH11100
Referred to House Ways and Means
Ways and Means Committee - Nov 8, 1997IntroReferralH11100-A
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
- Nov 8, 1997IntroReferralH11100
Referred to House Commerce
Energy and Commerce Committee - Nov 8, 1997IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Nov 8, 1997IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House