H.R. 4192: Putting Prevention First Act
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H.R. 4192: Putting Prevention First Act
108th Congress · introduced 2004-04-21 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2004-04-21 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-28] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Putting Prevention First Act
Plain summary
Putting Prevention First Act - Title X Family Planning Services Act of 2004 - Authorizes appropriations for family planning services grants and contracts under the Public Health Services Act. Family Planning State Empowerment Act - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to allow States to provide family planning services and supplies to certain individuals not otherwise eligible for Medicaid. Equity in Prescription Insurance and Contraceptive Coverage Act - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) to prohibit a group health plan, and a health insurance issuer providing group coverage, from excluding or restricting benefits in any way for prescription contraceptive drugs, devices, and outpatient services if the plan provides benefits for other outpatient prescription drugs, devices, or outpatient services. Amends the PHSA to apply those prohibitions to coverage offered in the individual market. Emergency Contraception Education Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop and disseminate information on emergency contraception to the public and to health care providers. Compassionate Assistance for Rape Emergencies Act - Requires hospitals, as a condition of receiving Federal funds, to offer and to provide, upon request, emergency contraception to victims of sexual assault. Family Life Education Act - Requires the Secretary to make grants to States for family life education, including education on abstinence and contraception to prevent teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. Preventing Teen Pregnancy Act - Amends the PHSA to authorize the Secretary to award grants to public and private entities to establish or expand teenage pregnancy prevention programs.
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Putting Prevention First Act
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-28] · 130 cosponsors
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Cosponsors on this site
Diana DeGette (D-CO), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), Bernard Sanders (I-VT), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA) and 70 more.
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- Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
- Authorization
- A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.
- Securities
- Financial investments that can be bought and sold, such as stocks and bonds.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-108hr4192.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/108/hr>
Record fed-us-cong108-hr4192 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong108 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong108