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H.R.4783
Sponsor: Rep Brady, Kevin [TX-8] (introduced 5/21/2002)
Latest Major Action: 6/3/2002 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Title: To authorize States under Federal health care grant-in-aid programs to require parental consent or notification for purpose of purchase of prescription drugs or devices for minors.
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TITLE(S):  (italics indicate a title for a portion of a bill)
STATUS: (color indicates Senate actions)
5/21/2002:
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
6/3/2002:
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
COMMITTEE(S):
RELATED BILL DETAILS:

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AMENDMENT(S):

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COSPONSORS(11), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)

Rep Barr, Bob - 5/21/2002 [GA-7] Rep Hart, Melissa A. - 5/21/2002 [PA-4]
Rep Istook, Ernest J., Jr. - 5/21/2002 [OK-5] Rep Lucas, Ken - 9/4/2002 [KY-4]
Rep Myrick, Sue - 5/21/2002 [NC-9] Rep Paul, Ron - 6/11/2002 [TX-14]
Rep Pickering, Charles W. (Chip) - 7/12/2002 [MS-3] Rep Pitts, Joseph R. - 5/21/2002 [PA-16]
Rep Smith, Christopher H. - 9/4/2002 [NJ-4] Rep Souder, Mark E. - 5/21/2002 [IN-4]
Rep Terry, Lee - 5/21/2002 [NE-2]

SUMMARY AS OF:
5/21/2002--Introduced.

State's and Parental Rights Improvement Act of 2002 - Prohibits, notwithstanding any other provision of law, considering a State to have violated any term or condition of any Federal health care grant-in-aid program by requiring the consent or notification of a parent or guardian regarding dispensing a prescription drug or device (or any class of drugs or devices specified by the State) to a minor.