Targeted Individual Health Insurance Reform Act of 1995
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Just introduced
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Feb 21, 1995)
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Title I: Definitions and Special Rules
Title II: Access to and Fair Rating of Health Insurance
Coverage for Individuals
Subtitle A: Increased Availability and Continuity of
Health Insurance Coverage for Individuals
Subtitle B: Establishment of Standards; Enforcement;
Effective Dates
Targeted Individual Health Insurance Reform Act of 1995 - Title I: Definitions and Special Rules - Sets forth definitions for this Act, including defining "medisave coverage" as consisting of: (1) coverage of expenses exceeding a catastrophic deductible amount; and (2) a cash benefit that accumulates while not used, to be used for deductibles, cost-sharing, and other expenses.
Title II: Access to and Fair Rating of Health Insurance Coverage for Individuals - Subtitle A: Increased Availability and Continuity of Health Insurance Coverage for Individuals - Regulates the periods during which insurers of individuals may deny, limit, or exclude coverage based on health status or related matters.
(Sec. 2002) Reduces any exclusion period by any time in continuous coverage. Considers newborns and adopted children as not having any preexisting condition.
(Sec. 2003) Prohibits cancellation (or denial of renewal) except for premium nonpayment, fraud, or plan noncompliance, or if the insurer is ceasing to provide any such coverage.
(Sec. 2011) Requires insurers of individuals to meet the standards of these provisions. Provides for determination by the Secretary of Health and Human Services that a private entity has established standards for provider networks.
(Sec. 2012) Prohibits coverage denial on the basis of a utilization review program unless the program meets the standards determined by the Secretary to have been established by a private entity.
(Sec. 2021) Requires insurers of individuals to make available general, catastrophic, and medisave coverage.
(Sec. 2022) Prohibits rates from varying except for specified factors.
Subtitle B: Establishment of Standards; Enforcement; Effective Dates - Provides for development: (1) by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners of standards regarding subtitle A; and (2) by a private entity regarding utilization review standards.
(Sec. 2102) Allows States to elect whether to enforce standards under this Act. Directs the Secretary to enforce them if a State does not.
(Sec. 2103) Preempts related State or local standards and laws, including certain State anti-managed care laws.
What just happenedMar 28, 1995
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseFeb 21, 1995
- Mar 28, 1995CommitteeH21000
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee - Mar 24, 1995CommitteeH12000
Executive Comment Requested from Labor, HHS.
Education and Workforce Committee - Mar 10, 1995CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee - Feb 27, 1995CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Health and Environment Subcommittee - Feb 22, 1995IntroReferralB00100
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E402-403)
- Feb 21, 1995IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, 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.
Energy and Commerce Committee - Feb 21, 1995IntroReferralH11100-A
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, 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.
- Feb 21, 1995IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, 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.
Education and Workforce Committee - Feb 21, 1995IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Feb 21, 1995IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House