PlainBillCongress, translated.Legislation. Context. Public interest.Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Congressional Research Service
Version 00 · Introduced in House · Jan 7, 1997
Comprehensive Preventive Health and Promotion Act of 1997 - Mandates establishment and annual revision of a schedule of recommended preventive health care services. Requires each carrier and employer health benefit plan to include coverage for those services. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a tax on the failure of a carrier or an employer plan to comply. Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to include those services in the definition of "medical and other health services." Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to mandate Medicaid coverage of the services and, in some circumstances, for: (1) home and community care for functionally disabled elderly individuals; and (2) community supported living arrangements services. Amends Federal law relating to health care services for veterans to include the services under this Act in the definition of "medical services." Regulates provision of the preventive services on an outpatient basis. Amends Federal law relating to health insurance for Federal employees to add the services to the list of benefits which may be provided under service or indemnity benefit plans. Amends Federal law relating to medical care for dependents of members of the uniformed services to add coverage of the preventive services. Mandates: (1) grants to counties for a project to demonstrate the effectiveness of providing those services to improve and reduce health costs; (2) dissemination of information on the benefits of practicing preventive care; (3) grants to employers to establish and conduct on-site workshops on health care promotion for employees; and (4) a program of on-site workshops on health care promotion for Federal employees.
People & committees
Rep. Gilman, Benjamin A. [R-NY-20] · R–NY
Legislative record
A procedural vote is different from passage. Passage in one chamber does not establish enactment. Explore the glossary.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Referred to House National Security
Referred to House Veterans' Affairs
Referred to House Government Reform
Referred to House Ways and Means
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Government Reform and Oversight, Veterans' Affairs, and National Security, 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.
Referred to House Commerce
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E20)
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Primary sources
Text links open the official source. We currently store references to these documents.
No related bills are listed in this snapshot. This does not establish whether the proposal has appeared in earlier Congresses.
Source last updated: Jun 3, 2026. Consult Congress.gov for the current record.
AI Conversation Starters
Choose a perspective, copy a prompt, and paste it into your preferred AI. Each prompt includes the bill version and available official source links, and asks for counterarguments as well as supporting evidence.
Analyze H.R.177 as objectively as possible. Explain its main provisions, who would be affected, possible benefits and harms, implementation, exceptions, and uncertainties. Present the strongest arguments for and against it, and identify evidence needed to assess its public impact.
Examine H.R.177 through a progressive lens, focusing on fairness, access, economic inequality, and effects on vulnerable communities. Explain potential benefits, costs, and unintended consequences. Consider the strongest counterarguments and distinguish stated goals from demonstrated outcomes.
Examine H.R.177 through a conservative lens, focusing on fiscal responsibility, institutional stability, federalism, and the scope of government. Explain potential benefits, costs, and unintended consequences. Consider the strongest counterarguments and any provisions that challenge this perspective.
Examine H.R.177 through a civil-liberties and limited-government lens. Consider individual rights, privacy, voluntary choice, accountability, and government power. Explain tradeoffs, possible safeguards, and the strongest counterarguments without assuming the proposal is beneficial or harmful.