Patients' Bill of Rights Act

HR 358 Dingell 1/19/99 Patients’ Bill of Rights Act. Democratic leadership comprehensive patient protection bill. Senate version is S. 6. Virtually identical to bill from 105th Congress. HR 448 Bilirakis 2/2/99 Patient Protection Act. House GOP patient protection bill. Identical to 1998 bill which passed the House July 24, 1998. Contains patient protect. requirements and provisions providing increased access to insurance. HR 719 Ganske 2/11/99 Managed Care Reform Act. Comprehensive patient protection bill. Similar to Democratic bill. HR 845 Thurman 2/24/99 Beneficiary Health Coverage Notification Rights Act. Requires all health insurers to notify beneficiaries of impendent termination of coverage resulting from failure of group health plan to pay premiums. HR 904 Cardin 3/2/99 Access to Emergency Medical Services Act. Assures access to emergency room services under all health plans providing emergency coverage. Provisions are similar to those contained in most patient protection bills. Bill identical to S.517. HR 1304 Campbell 3/25/99 Quality Health Care Coalition Act. Modifies antitrust laws to allow health care professionals to group together to negotiate with health plans, the same way the law allows collective bargaining. HR 2723 Norwood 8/5/99 Bipartisan Consensus Managed Care Improvement Act. The Norwood-Dingell patient protection bill. HR 2824 Coburn 11 co-sps. 9/9/99 Health Care Quality and Choice Act. Comprehensive patient protection bill. HR 2926 Boehner 18 co-sps. 9/23/99 Comprehensive Access and Responsibility in Health Care Act. Patient protection and access bill. Key difference with other bills is that it does not provide for expanded legal liabilities. HR 3527 Pallone 1/27/00 Places restrictions on payment increases charged by insurers to individuals who are guaranteed an offer. HR 3765 Wise 2/29/00 Prevents all health insurance plans from seeking to reciver more than the costs in cases of third party recoveries. S 6 Daschle 1/19/99 Patients’ Bill of Rights Act. Democratic leadership comprehensive patient protection bill. House version is H.R.358. Virtually identical to bill in 105th Congress. S 300 Lott 1/22/99 Patients’ Bill of Rights Plus Act. Senate GOP patient protection proposal. S 326 Jeffords 1/28/99 Patients’ Bill of Rights. HELP Committee GOP version of patient protection. S 374 Chafee 2/4/99 Promoting Responsible Managed Care Act. Comprehensive bipartisan patient protection bill S 374 Chafee 2/4/99 "Promoting Responsible Managed Care Act. Bipartisan patient protection bill." S 479 Schumer 2/25/99 Equity in Women's Health Act. Prevents discrimination on the basis of gender or sexual orientation in managed care plans and requires plans to provide a health prospectus. S 517 Graham 3/3/99 Access to Emergency Medical Services Act. Assures access to emergency room services under all health plans providing emergency coverage. Provisions are similar to those contained in most patient protection bills. Bill identical to H.R.904. S 636 Reed 3/16/99 Children's Health Insurance Accountability Act. Establishes standards for the health quality improvement of children in managed care plans and other health plans. S 697 Boxer 3/24/99 Women's Access to Care Act. Requires all health plans to allow a woman to designate an ob/gyn as her primary care provider. S 1344 Lott 7/8/99 Patient's Bill of Rights Act. GOP patient protection bill. Also includes provisions providing increased access to insurance.

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Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE

HR 358 Dingell 1/19/99 Patients’ Bill of Rights Act. Democratic leadership comprehensive patient protection bill. Senate version is S. 6. Virtually identical to bill from 105th Congress. HR 448 Bilirakis 2/2/99 Patient Protection Act. House GOP patient protection bill. Identical to 1998 bill which passed the House July 24, 1998. Contains patient protect. requirements and provisions providing increased access to insurance. HR 719 Ganske 2/11/99 Managed Care Reform Act. Comprehensive patient protection bill. Similar to Democratic bill. HR 845 Thurman 2/24/99 Beneficiary Health Coverage Notification Rights Act. Requires all health insurers to notify beneficiaries of impendent termination of coverage resulting from failure of group health plan to pay premiums. HR 904 Cardin 3/2/99 Access to Emergency Medical Services Act. Assures access to emergency room services under all health plans providing emergency coverage. Provisions are similar to those contained in most patient protection bills. Bill identical to S.517. HR 1304 Campbell 3/25/99 Quality Health Care Coalition Act. Modifies antitrust laws to allow health care professionals to group together to negotiate with health plans, the same way the law allows collective bargaining. HR 2723 Norwood 8/5/99 Bipartisan Consensus Managed Care Improvement Act. The Norwood-Dingell patient protection bill. HR 2824 Coburn 11 co-sps. 9/9/99 Health Care Quality and Choice Act. Comprehensive patient protection bill. HR 2926 Boehner 18 co-sps. 9/23/99 Comprehensive Access and Responsibility in Health Care Act. Patient protection and access bill. Key difference with other bills is that it does not provide for expanded legal liabilities. HR 3527 Pallone 1/27/00 Places restrictions on payment increases charged by insurers to individuals who are guaranteed an offer. HR 3765 Wise 2/29/00 Prevents all health insurance plans from seeking to reciver more than the costs in cases of third party recoveries. S 6 Daschle 1/19/99 Patients’ Bill of Rights Act. Democratic leadership comprehensive patient protection bill. House version is H.R.358. Virtually identical to bill in 105th Congress. S 300 Lott 1/22/99 Patients’ Bill of Rights Plus Act. Senate GOP patient protection proposal. S 326 Jeffords 1/28/99 Patients’ Bill of Rights. HELP Committee GOP version of patient protection. S 374 Chafee 2/4/99 Promoting Responsible Managed Care Act. Comprehensive bipartisan patient protection bill S 374 Chafee 2/4/99 "Promoting Responsible Managed Care Act. Bipartisan patient protection bill." S 479 Schumer 2/25/99 Equity in Women's Health Act. Prevents discrimination on the basis of gender or sexual orientation in managed care plans and requires plans to provide a health prospectus. S 517 Graham 3/3/99 Access to Emergency Medical Services Act. Assures access to emergency room services under all health plans providing emergency coverage. Provisions are similar to those contained in most patient protection bills. Bill identical to H.R.904. S 636 Reed 3/16/99 Children's Health Insurance Accountability Act. Establishes standards for the health quality improvement of children in managed care plans and other health plans. S 697 Boxer 3/24/99 Women's Access to Care Act. Requires all health plans to allow a woman to designate an ob/gyn as her primary care provider. S 1344 Lott 7/8/99 Patient's Bill of Rights Act. GOP patient protection bill. Also includes provisions providing increased access to insurance.

Telemedicine (HR 312, HR 3240, HR 4771, S 2505); Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1999 (HR 528); genetic testing and confidentiality (HR 1507, HR 1941, HR 2404, HR 2455, HR 2470, S 573, S 578, S 881, HR 293, HR 306, HR 2457, S 543, S 1322, HR 2878, HR 4049, HR 4585); forensic pathology (HR 1915, HR 2340, S 1196, HR 2810, HR 3087, HR 3233, HR3375, S 1700, S 1981); bioterrorism; Pap smears (HR4330, HR 4571); Medicare issues pertaining to the laboratory; Allied Health Project Grants program (HR 4577); Medical liability reform (HR2242, HR 4577); graduate medical education (HR 1222, HR 1224, HR 1645, HR 1785, HR 2771, HR 4239, S 210, S541, S 1023, S 1024, S 1025, S 1631, S 2394); Patient access to care (HR 2723, HR 2824, HR 2926, HR 2990, HR 3146, S 6, S 326, HR 4577); Issues pertaining to microbiology, blood, diagnostic immunology, cytology, clinical chemistry, forensic pathology); telemedicine (HR 1344, HR 4771, S 2505); other diagnostic screening tests (HR 1285, HR 2930, S 1641, HR 1861, S 1044); rural health (HR 1344, HR 4677, S 1864, S 2735); patient safety (HR 3672, S 2038, S 2378, S 2738, S 2743); and genetics (HR 293, HR 306, HR 2457, HR 2878, S 543, S 1322).

Client expense: $60,000 · Firm income: Not reported