Health Care Consumer Protection Act of 1995
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Nov 9, 1995)
Health Care Consumer Protection Act of 1995 - Requires health insurers to provide notice regarding the extent of plan coverage to enrollees annually and to potential enrollees on request.
Requires that, under a health plan, the determination of what is medically necessary and appropriate for a patient be made only by a health care practitioner directly involved in the patient's care. Requires an insurer to pay for a service that is so determined if the service is covered by the plan. Mandates regulations to ensure against insurers offering monetary rewards, penalties, or inducements to a practitioner, or conditioning continued practitioner participation in the plan, on the basis of the practitioner's decisions to limit the availability of appropriate tests, services, or treatments.
Imposes a civil monetary penalty for violations of this Act.
Prohibits insurers from including provisions in a plan to hold itself harmless for liability.
Prohibits States from establishing or enforcing standards weaker than those of this Act.
What just happenedNov 20, 1995
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseNov 9, 1995
- Nov 20, 1995CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Health and Environment Subcommittee - Nov 9, 1995IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on Commerce.
Energy and Commerce Committee - Nov 9, 1995IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Nov 9, 1995IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House