Quality Health Care and Consumer Protection Act
Bill journey · stage 2 of 5
Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Mar 21, 1997)
Quality Health Care and Consumer Protection Act - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) to require managed care group health plans and managed care health insurance coverage to meet certain consumer protection requirements, including: (1) access to personnel and facilities; (2) assurance of adequate choice of health care professionals; (3) prohibition of gag rules; (4) coverage of drugs and devices; (5) coverage of experimental treatments; (6) quality assurance programs; (7) dissemination of certain plan information to all potential enrollees, as well as reporting of specified plan data to the Secretary and the public, subject to enrollee confidentiality; (8) disclosure of the plan medical director's financial arrangements; and (9) notice to enrollees of grievance procedures, reviews, and appeals.
Amends PHSA to apply such managed care consumer protections to health insurance coverage offered by a health insurance issuer in the individual market in the same manner as it applies to health insurance coverage offered in connection with a group health plan.
What just happenedApr 21, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseMar 21, 1997
- Apr 21, 1997CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee - Apr 4, 1997CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Health and Environment Subcommittee - Mar 21, 1997IntroReferralH11100
Referred to House Commerce
Energy and Commerce Committee - Mar 21, 1997IntroReferralH11100-A
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Commerce, 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.
- Mar 21, 1997IntroReferralH11100
Referred to House Education and the Workforce
Education and Workforce Committee - Mar 21, 1997IntroReferralB00100
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E564)
- Mar 21, 1997IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Mar 21, 1997IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House