Know Your Provider Act of 2020
Bill journey · stage 2 of 5
Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Feb 7, 2020)
Know Your Provider Act of 2020
This bill requires private health insurance plans to
- establish publicly available databases listing the contact information for providers and facilities delivering services under the plan,
- periodically verify and update the information on such databases,
- include notice in other provider directories that the most current information is available through the database, and
- establish procedures for responding promptly to inquiries from plan holders.
Further, providers and facilities must establish processes for submitting current information to contracted health plans.
What just happenedFeb 7, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseFeb 7, 2020
- Feb 7, 2020Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Feb 7, 2020IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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 the Workforce Committee - Feb 7, 2020IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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.
Ways and Means Committee - Feb 7, 2020IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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 7, 2020IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Feb 7, 2020IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House