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H.R.1304
Sponsor: Rep Campbell, Tom(introduced 3/25/1999)
Related Bills: H.RES.542
Latest Major Action: 7/27/2000 Referred to Senate committee
Title: To ensure and foster continued patient safety and quality of care by making the antitrust laws apply to negotiations between groups of health care professionals and health plans and health insurance issuers in the same manner as such laws apply to collective bargaining by labor organizations under the National Labor Relations Act.
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3/25/1999:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
6/22/1999:
Committee Hearings Held.
3/16/2000:
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
3/30/2000:
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
3/30/2000:
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 26 - 2.
5/18/2000 4:17pm:
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 106-625.
5/18/2000 4:18pm:
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 342.
6/28/2000 11:57pm:
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 542 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1304 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. It shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary now printed in the bill. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order.
6/29/2000 10:41pm:
Rule H. Res. 542 passed House.
6/29/2000 10:58pm:
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 542. (consideration: CR H5627-5652)
6/29/2000 10:59pm:
House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 542 and Rule XXIII.
6/29/2000 10:59pm:
The Speaker designated the Honorable John Shimkus to act as Chairman of the Committee.
6/29/2000 11:30pm:
H.AMDT.952 Amendment (A001) offered by Mr. Ballenger. (consideration: CR H5637-5639, H5648-5649; text: CR H5637)
Amendment sought to provide that the antitrust exemption shall not apply to various conditions including negotiations over fees, payments, or reimbursement and negotiations to permit health care professionals to balance bill patients.
6/29/2000 11:42pm:
H.AMDT.953 Amendment (A002) offered by Mr. Stearns. (consideration: CR H5639-5641, H5649; text: CR H5639)
Amendment sought to exempt groups of health care professionals engaged in negotiations with health plans from antitrust laws if the FTC or Department of Justice has certified that such negotiations would promote competition and enhance the quality of patient care.
6/29/2000 11:56pm:
H.AMDT.954 Amendment (A003) offered by Mr. Cox. (consideration: CR H5641-5643, H5649-5650; text: CR H5641)
Amendment sought to provide that a physician may not be forced to join a union as a condition of employment by a health plan.
6/30/2000 12:09am:
H.AMDT.955 Amendment (A004) offered by Mr. Terry. (consideration: CR H5643-5644, H5650-5651; text: CR H5643)
Amendment sought to provide that the antitrust exemption shall not apply to negotiations over fees.
6/30/2000 12:24am:
H.AMDT.956 Amendment (A005) offered by Mr. Coburn. (consideration: CR H5644-5646, H5651; text: CR H5644)
Amendment exempts negotiations regarding abortion coverage from collective bargaining negotiations.
6/30/2000 12:42am:
H.AMDT.957 Amendment (A006) offered by Mr. Davis (IL). (consideration: CR H5646-5648; text: CR H5647)
Amendment expresses the sense of Congress that decisions regarding medical care and treatment should be made by the physician or health care professional in consultation with the patient.
6/30/2000 12:54am:
H.AMDT.957 On agreeing to the Davis (IL) amendment (A006) Agreed to by voice vote.
6/30/2000 1:15am:
H.AMDT.952 On agreeing to the Ballenger amendment (A001) Failed by recorded vote: 71 - 345 (Roll no. 367).
6/30/2000 1:22am:
H.AMDT.953 On agreeing to the Stearns amendment (A002) Failed by recorded vote: 94 - 320 (Roll no. 368).
6/30/2000 1:28am:
H.AMDT.954 On agreeing to the Cox amendment (A003) Failed by recorded vote: 201 - 214 (Roll no. 369).
6/30/2000 1:35am:
H.AMDT.955 On agreeing to the Terry amendment (A004) Failed by recorded vote: 78 - 338 (Roll no. 370).
6/30/2000 1:41am:
H.AMDT.956 On agreeing to the Coburn amendment (A005) Agreed to by recorded vote: 213 - 202, 1 Present (Roll no. 371).
6/30/2000 1:42am:
The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 1304.
6/30/2000 1:42am:
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
6/30/2000 1:43am:
The House adopted the amendment in the nature of a substitute as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. (text: CR H5636-5637)
6/30/2000 1:59am:
On passage Passed by recorded vote: 276 - 136, 2 Present (Roll no. 372).
6/30/2000 1:59am:
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
6/30/2000:
Received in the Senate.
7/27/2000:
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
COMMITTEE(S):
RELATED BILL DETAILS:  (additional related bills may be indentified in Status)

AMENDMENT(S):

1. H.AMDT.952 to H.R.1304 Amendment sought to provide that the antitrust exemption shall not apply to various conditions including negotiations over fees, payments, or reimbursement and negotiations to permit health care professionals to balance bill patients.
Sponsor: Rep Ballenger, Cass- Latest Major Action: 6/30/2000 House amendment not agreed to

2. H.AMDT.953 to H.R.1304 Amendment sought to exempt groups of health care professionals engaged in negotiations with health plans from antitrust laws if the FTC or Department of Justice has certified that such negotiations would promote competition and enhance the quality of patient care.
Sponsor: Rep Stearns, Cliff- Latest Major Action: 6/30/2000 House amendment not agreed to

3. H.AMDT.954 to H.R.1304 Amendment sought to provide that a physician may not be forced to join a union as a condition of employment by a health plan.
Sponsor: Rep Cox, Christopher- Latest Major Action: 6/30/2000 House amendment not agreed to

4. H.AMDT.955 to H.R.1304 Amendment sought to provide that the antitrust exemption shall not apply to negotiations over fees.
Sponsor: Rep Terry, Lee- Latest Major Action: 6/30/2000 House amendment not agreed to

5. H.AMDT.956 to H.R.1304 Amendment exempts negotiations regarding abortion coverage from collective bargaining negotiations.
Sponsor: Rep Coburn, Tom A.- Latest Major Action: 6/30/2000 House amendment agreed to

6. H.AMDT.957 to H.R.1304 Amendment expresses the sense of Congress that decisions regarding medical care and treatment should be made by the physician or health care professional in consultation with the patient.
Sponsor: Rep Davis, Danny K.- Latest Major Action: 6/30/2000 House amendment agreed to

COSPONSORS(220), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)

Rep Abercrombie, Neil - 6/17/1999 Rep Ackerman, Gary L. - 5/6/1999
Rep Aderholt, Robert B. - 2/29/2000 Rep Andrews, Robert E. - 4/21/1999
Rep Baca, Joe - 3/28/2000 Rep Bachus, Spencer - 5/6/1999
Rep Baird, Brian - 5/6/1999 Rep Baker, Richard H. - 3/25/1999
Rep Baldwin, Tammy - 5/13/1999 Rep Barcia, James A. - 6/7/1999
Rep Barr, Bob - 4/29/1999 Rep Barton, Joe - 5/19/1999
Rep Berkley, Shelley - 6/7/1999 Rep Berman, Howard L. - 5/13/1999
Rep Bishop, Sanford D. Jr. - 8/5/1999 Rep Blagojevich, Rod R. - 3/25/1999
Rep Boehlert, Sherwood L. - 5/25/1999 Rep Bonior, David E. - 4/21/1999
Rep Borski, Robert A. - 2/9/2000 Rep Boswell, Leonard L. - 4/10/2000
Rep Boucher, Rick - 3/25/1999 Rep Brady, Robert - 7/21/1999
Rep Brown, Sherrod - 3/25/1999 Rep Calvert, Ken - 2/7/2000
Rep Camp, Dave - 2/10/2000 Rep Canady, Charles T. - 5/13/1999
Rep Carson, Julia - 3/29/2000 Rep Clay, William (Bill) - 7/21/1999
Rep Clayton, Eva M. - 7/30/1999 Rep Clyburn, James E. - 7/21/1999
Rep Conyers, John, Jr. - 3/25/1999 Rep Cook, Merrill - 5/25/1999
Rep Cooksey, John - 3/25/1999 Rep Coyne, William J. - 5/15/2000
Rep Cramer, Robert E. (Bud) Jr. - 3/15/2000 Rep Cubin, Barbara - 10/18/1999
Rep Cummings, Elijah E. - 9/14/1999 Rep Danner, Pat - 7/30/1999
Rep Davis, Thomas M. - 4/21/1999 Rep Deal, Nathan - 5/6/1999
Rep DeFazio, Peter A. - 1/31/2000 Rep DeGette, Diana - 2/29/2000
Rep DeLauro, Rosa L. - 5/13/1999 Rep Diaz-Balart, Lincoln - 5/6/1999
Rep Dickey, Jay - 4/29/1999 Rep Dicks, Norman D. - 6/7/1999
Rep Dingell, John D. - 4/13/2000 Rep Dixon, Julian C. - 10/21/1999
Rep Doolittle, John T. - 4/28/1999 Rep Doyle, Michael F. - 2/29/2000
Rep Duncan, John J., Jr. - 7/15/1999 Rep Emerson, Jo Ann - 10/7/1999
Rep Engel, Eliot L. - 2/10/2000 Rep English, Phil - 5/17/2000
Rep Eshoo, Anna G. - 7/13/1999 Rep Evans, Lane - 3/15/2000
Rep Everett, Terry - 3/15/2000 Rep Farr, Sam - 5/19/1999
Rep Fattah, Chaka - 10/14/1999 Rep Filner, Bob - 3/25/1999
Rep Fletcher, Ernest L. - 5/6/1999 Rep Forbes, Michael P. - 5/25/1999
Rep Ford, Harold, Jr. - 5/19/1999 Rep Franks, Bob - 6/7/1999
Rep Frost, Martin - 3/25/1999 Rep Gallegly, Elton - 3/16/2000
Rep Ganske, Greg - 3/25/1999 Rep Gibbons, Jim - 10/14/1999
Rep Gilchrest, Wayne T. - 7/13/1999 Rep Gillmor, Paul E. - 1/31/2000
Rep Gilman, Benjamin A. - 6/7/1999 Rep Goode, Virgil H., Jr. - 4/29/1999
Rep Gordon, Bart - 9/14/1999 Rep Graham, Lindsey O. - 5/25/1999
Rep Gutierrez, Luis V. - 2/29/2000 Rep Hall, Tony P. - 2/7/2000
Rep Hansen, James V. - 5/6/1999 Rep Hastings, Alcee L. - 5/16/2000
Rep Hefley, Joel - 2/29/2000 Rep Hill, Rick - 8/5/1999
Rep Hilliard, Earl F. - 3/15/2000 Rep Hinojosa, Ruben - 3/15/2000
Rep Hoeffel, Joseph M. - 3/25/1999 Rep Holden, Tim - 7/13/1999
Rep Holt, Rush D. - 6/7/1999 Rep Hooley, Darlene - 5/19/1999
Rep Horn, Stephen - 3/25/1999 Rep Inslee, Jay - 5/25/1999
Rep Isakson, Johnny - 6/22/1999 Rep Istook, Ernest J., Jr. - 7/30/1999
Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila - 4/21/1999 Rep Jones, Stephanie Tubbs - 3/16/2000
Rep Jones, Walter B., Jr. - 7/21/1999 Rep Kanjorski, Paul E. - 2/9/2000
Rep Kaptur, Marcy - 7/1/1999 Rep Kelly, Sue W. - 6/7/1999
Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. - 6/25/1999 Rep Kildee, Dale E. - 4/29/1999
Rep Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. - 4/21/1999 Rep Kind, Ron - 7/1/1999
Rep Klink, Ron - 3/25/1999 Rep Kolbe, Jim - 5/6/1999
Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. - 2/16/2000 Rep Kuykendall, Steven T. - 10/21/1999
Rep LaFalce, John J. - 3/25/1999 Rep Lampson, Nick - 6/17/1999
Rep LaTourette, Steve C. - 2/10/2000 Rep Leach, James A. - 5/6/1999
Rep Lee, Barbara - 6/25/1999 Rep Lewis, Jerry - 6/25/1999
Rep Lewis, John - 5/16/2000 Rep LoBiondo, Frank A. - 6/7/1999
Rep Lofgren, Zoe - 4/21/1999 Rep Lowey, Nita M. - 9/29/1999
Rep Lucas, Frank D. - 5/19/1999 Rep Lucas, Ken - 9/8/1999
Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. - 9/8/1999 Rep Maloney, James H. - 5/19/1999
Rep Manzullo, Donald A. - 5/19/1999 Rep Mascara, Frank - 6/22/1999
Rep Matsui, Robert T. - 7/21/1999 Rep McCarthy, Carolyn - 5/6/1999
Rep McCarthy, Karen - 6/22/1999 Rep McCollum, Bill - 3/25/1999
Rep McDermott, Jim - 3/15/2000 Rep McGovern, James P. - 5/6/1999
Rep McHugh, John M. - 5/6/1999 Rep McIntosh, David M. - 7/21/1999
Rep McIntyre, Mike - 7/30/1999 Rep McKinney, Cynthia A. - 7/30/1999
Rep McNulty, Michael R. - 5/25/1999 Rep Meeks, Gregory W. - 5/2/2000
Rep Menendez, Robert - 10/18/1999 Rep Metcalf, Jack - 2/7/2000
Rep Mica, John L. - 5/13/1999 Rep Miller, Dan - 3/25/1999
Rep Miller, Gary - 6/7/1999 Rep Miller, George - 5/6/1999
Rep Moran, James P. - 6/17/1999 Rep Moran, Jerry - 10/7/1999
Rep Morella, Constance A. - 6/7/1999 Rep Murtha, John P. - 3/15/2000
Rep Nadler, Jerrold - 3/25/1999 Rep Napolitano, Grace F. - 3/21/2000
Rep Nethercutt, George R., Jr. - 4/21/1999 Rep Ney, Robert W. - 7/21/1999
Rep Norwood, Charlie - 4/21/1999 Rep Ose, Doug - 5/25/1999
Rep Owens, Major R. - 5/25/1999 Rep Pallone, Frank, Jr. - 3/25/1999
Rep Pascrell, Bill, Jr. - 5/13/1999 Rep Pastor, Ed - 6/7/1999
Rep Paul, Ron - 3/25/1999 Rep Payne, Donald M. - 1/31/2000
Rep Pelosi, Nancy - 5/19/1999 Rep Peterson, Collin C. - 5/25/1999
Rep Petri, Thomas E. - 5/11/2000 Rep Phelps, David D. - 10/18/1999
Rep Pickering, Charles (Chip) - 5/6/1999 Rep Pickett, Owen B. - 9/14/1999
Rep Pombo, Richard W. - 2/10/2000 Rep Porter, John Edward - 5/6/1999
Rep Price, David E. - 6/22/1999 Rep Radanovich, George P. - 5/13/1999
Rep Rahall, Nick J., II - 5/6/1999 Rep Rangel, Charles B. - 2/1/2000
Rep Riley, Bob - 5/13/1999 Rep Rivers, Lynn N. - 5/25/1999
Rep Rodriguez, Ciro - 9/8/1999 Rep Rohrabacher, Dana - 3/25/1999
Rep Rothman, Steve R. - 6/7/1999 Rep Roukema, Marge - 9/29/1999
Rep Ryun, Jim - 9/14/1999 Rep Sanders, Bernard - 3/15/2000
Rep Sandlin, Max - 3/25/1999 Rep Sawyer, Tom - 2/1/2000
Rep Saxton, Jim - 7/21/1999 Rep Scarborough, Joe - 3/25/1999
Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. - 3/25/1999 Rep Scott, Robert C. - 6/22/1999
Rep Shaw, E. Clay, Jr. - 6/17/1999 Rep Shimkus, John - 2/2/2000
Rep Shows, Ronnie - 3/25/1999 Rep Skelton, Ike - 2/7/2000
Rep Smith, Christopher H. - 5/25/1999 Rep Smith, Lamar - 4/21/1999
Rep Smith, Nick - 5/6/1999 Rep Snyder, Vic - 6/17/1999
Rep Stabenow, Debbie - 5/19/1999 Rep Stenholm, Charles W. - 3/22/2000
Rep Strickland, Ted - 5/15/2000 Rep Tancredo, Thomas G. - 7/21/1999
Rep Tauscher, Ellen O. - 5/19/1999 Rep Thompson, Bennie G. - 5/13/1999
Rep Thompson, Mike - 5/19/1999 Rep Thornberry, William (Mac) - 5/6/1999
Rep Tiahrt, Todd - 6/17/1999 Rep Towns, Edolphus - 3/25/1999
Rep Traficant, James A., Jr. - 2/16/2000 Rep Turner, Jim - 6/7/1999
Rep Udall, Mark - 11/2/1999 Rep Udall, Tom - 9/14/1999
Rep Upton, Fred - 10/18/1999 Rep Visclosky, Peter J. - 9/23/1999
Rep Vitter, David - 9/14/1999 Rep Walsh, James T. - 5/6/1999
Rep Wamp, Zach - 4/28/1999 Rep Watkins, Wes - 9/23/1999
Rep Weiner, Anthony D. - 5/19/1999 Rep Weldon, Curt - 5/6/1999
Rep Weldon, Dave - 5/19/1999 Rep Weller, Jerry - 9/29/1999
Rep Wexler, Robert - 3/25/1999 Rep Whitfield, Ed - 4/21/1999
Rep Wicker, Roger F. - 7/1/1999 Rep Wilson, Heather - 2/14/2000
Rep Wise, Robert E., Jr. - 1/31/2000 Rep Woolsey, Lynn C. - 4/21/1999
Rep Wu, David - 6/7/1999 Rep Wynn, Albert Russell - 9/8/1999
Rep Coburn, Tom A. - 3/25/1999(withdrawn - 10/14/1999) Rep Delahunt, William D. - 3/25/1999(withdrawn - 3/1/2000)

SUMMARY AS OF:
6/30/2000--Passed House, amended.    (There are 2 other summaries)

Quality Health-Care Coalition Act of 2000 - Entitles any health care professionals negotiating with a health plan, regarding contract terms under which they provide health care items or services for which plan benefits are provided under such plan, to the same treatment under antitrust laws as that accorded to a collective bargaining unit recognized under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).

Provides that this Act: (1) applies only to health care professionals excluded from NLRA; and (2) shall not be construed as revising any NLRA provision or affecting the status of any group of persons under NLRA.

Makes the exemption (from antitrust laws) under this Act: (1) only applicable to conduct occurring during the three-year period beginning on the enactment date of this Act; and (2) continue to apply for one year after the end of such period to contracts entered into before the end of such period. Provides that nothing in this Act shall exempt from the application of the antitrust laws any agreement or otherwise unlawful conspiracy that excludes, limits the participation or reimbursement of, or otherwise limits the scope of services to be provided by any health care professional or group of health care professionals with respect to the performance of services that are within their scope of practice as defined or permitted by relevant law or regulation.

Provides that nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect the application of title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (which prohibits exclusion from participation in, denial of benefits of, and discrimination under federally assisted programs on the ground of race, color, or national origin).

Provides that nothing in this Act shall apply to negotiations between health care professionals and health plans pertaining to benefits provided under: (1) Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) provisions of the Social Security Act; (2) programs, under specified Federal laws, relating to medical and dental care for members of the uniformed services, veterans' medical care, and Federal employees' health benefits; and (3) the Indian Health Care Improvement Act.

Provides that nothing in this Act shall apply to negotiations specifically relating to requiring a health plan to cover abortion or abortion services.

Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on the impact of this Act during the six-month period beginning with the third year of the specified three-year period, together with recommendations on any extension of this Act and possible changes to it.

Expresses the sense of the Congress that decisions regarding medical care and treatment should be made by the physician or health care professional in consultation with the patient.