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S.3058
Sponsor: Sen Kennedy, Edward M. (introduced 9/15/2000)
Latest Major Action: 9/18/2000 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 809.
Title: A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to protect consumers in managed care plans and other health coverage.

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TITLE(S): (italics indicate a title for a portion of a bill)

SHORT TITLE(S) AS INTRODUCED:
Patients' Bill of Rights Act
OFFICIAL TITLE AS INTRODUCED:
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to protect consumers in managed care plans and other health coverage.

STATUS: (color indicates Senate actions)

9/15/2000:: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
9/18/2000:: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 809.

COMMITTEE(S):

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RELATED BILL DETAILS:

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AMENDMENT(S):

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COSPONSORS(1), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]: (Sort: by date)

Sen Daschle, Thomas A. - 9/15/2000

SUMMARY AS OF:
9/15/2000--Introduced.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Title I: Improving Managed Care
Subtitle A: Grievance and Appeals
Subtitle B: Access to Care
Subtitle C: Access to Information
Subtitle D: Protecting the Doctor-Patient Relationship
Subtitle E: Definitions
Title II: Application of Quality Care Standards to Group Health Plans and Health Insurance Coverage Under the Public Health Service Act
Title III: Amendments to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
Title IV: Application to Group Health Plans Under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
Title V: Effective Dates; Coordination in Implementation
Title VI: Miscellaneous Provisions

Patients' Bill of Rights Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act (PHSA), the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to protect consumers in managed care plans and other health coverage.

Sets forth standards relating to: (1) grievance and appeals procedures; (2) access to care; (3) access to information; and (4) protection of the doctor-patient relationship.

Applies such quality care and patient protection standards to group health plans, group health coverage, and individual health coverage under specified provisions of PHSA, ERISA, and IRC.

Directs the Secretaries of Labor, of Health and Human Services (HHS), and of the Treasury to ensure coordination in the implementation of this Act.

Establishes the Health Care Panel to Devise a Uniform Explanation of Benefits. Requires the Panel to devise a single form for use by third-party health care payers for remittance of claims to providers. Directs the Secretary of HHS to determine the composition of the Panel, including equal numbers of representatives from specified types of groups.

Prohibits this Act from having any effect upon the Social Security Act or its trust funds.