HR 5780 · 96th Congress · Health

A bill to direct the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish a program to alert women who received DES while pregnant of the health hazards of such drug to them and their daughters and to reimburse such women and to their daughters for one-half the diagnosis and treatment costs resulting from receiving such drug.

Introduced 1979-11-01· Sponsored by Rep. Hollenbeck, Harold C. [R-NJ-9]· House

Bill Progress

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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.(1979-11-01)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish and administer a program: (1) to alert women who received diethylstilbestrol (DES) while pregnant of the health hazards of such drug to them and to their daughters; and (2) under which such women and their daughters may be reimbursed for one-half the diagnosis and treatment costs incurred by them as a result of receiving such drug.…

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