3.0.0 4628 2023-01-15T04:49:16Z 2023-01-15T04:49:16Z House H HR 2004-06-21 108 hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing hsed02 Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Referred to 2004-09-07T13:57:46Z Referred to 2004-06-21T16:31:10Z hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2004-07-19T15:58:33Z Referred to 2004-06-21T16:31:05Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2004-06-21T16:31:15Z Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 4628) to protect consumers in managed care plans and other health coverage. 108 773 HRES 2004-09-30 Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr. Edwards. Petition No: 108-13. (<a href="http://clerk.house.gov/108/lrc/pd/Petitions/Dis13.htm">Discharge petition</a> text with signatures.) Procedurally-related House 2004-09-07 hsed02 Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. Committee 2004-07-19 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2004-06-21 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Ways and Means, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2004-06-21 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Ways and Means, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2004-06-21 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Ways and Means, 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. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2004-06-21 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Ways and Means, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2004-06-21 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2004-06-21 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress D000355 Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-15] JOHN DINGELL D MI D. 15 N A000210 Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] ROBERT ANDREWS D NJ E. 1 2004-06-21 True B000420 Rep. Berry, Marion [D-AR-1] MARION BERRY D AR 1 2004-06-21 True S000851 Rep. Stenholm, Charles W. [D-TX-17] CHARLES STENHOLM D TX W. 17 2004-06-21 True M000725 Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7] GEORGE MILLER D CA 7 2004-06-21 True W000215 Rep. Waxman, Henry A. 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Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD-8] Chris Van Hollen D MD 8 2004-10-08 False 108-13: text with signatures.)]]> H.R.4628 https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/house-bill/4628 H.Res.773 https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/house-resolution/773 Health Abortion Access to health care Accreditation (Medical care) Administrative procedure Administrative remedies Ambulances Breast cancer Cancer Case management Charitable contributions Child health Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Civil actions and liability Clinical trials Coinsurance Collective bargaining Commerce Communication in medicine Confidential communications Conflict of interests Congress Congressional investigations Congressional reporting requirements Consumer complaints Consumer education Cooperative societies Corporation directors Damages Department of Health and Human Services Department of Labor Directories Discrimination in insurance Discrimination in medical care Donation of organs, tissues, etc. Drugs Economics and Public Finance Emergency Management Emergency medicine Employee health benefits Employers' liability Evaluation research (Social action programs) Evidence (Law) Excise tax Families Federal employees Federal preemption Federal-state relations Fees Finance and Financial Sector Fines (Penalties) Foundations Freedom of speech Government Operations and Politics Government contractors Government employees' health insurance Government paperwork Government publicity Government trust funds Governmental investigations Grants-in-aid Grievance procedures Gynecology Health insurance Health insurance continuation Health maintenance organizations Health planning Hospital care Housing and Community Development Humans Income tax Injunctions Insurance premiums Labeling Labor and Employment Labor contracts Law Legal fees Liability (Law) Licenses Limitation of actions Living wills Managed care Mastectomy Medicaid Medical economics Medical ethics Medical malpractice Medical records Medical screening Medical supplies Medical tests Medically uninsured Medicare Minorities Minority health Nonprofit organizations Obstetrics Old age, survivors and disability insurance Patient satisfaction Patients' rights Peer review organizations (Medicine) Performance measurement Pharmacists Physician-patient privilege Physicians Pregnant women Prescription pricing Preventive medicine Punitive damages Quality of care Reinsurance Restrictive trade practices Right of privacy Rural health Salaries Science, Technology, Communications Small business Social Welfare Social security finance Standards State laws Subsidies Surgery Tax credits Tax penalties Taxation Telephone Terminal care Terminally ill Translating and interpreting Transportation and Public Works Welfare recipients Whistle blowing Women Women's health Health 00 2004-06-21 Introduced in House 2004-09-22T14:44:36Z Patient Bill of Rights Act of 2004 - Amends the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code to apply patient protection and quality care standards to group health plans and issuers of health insurance coverage. Applies such standards also to Federal health insurance programs.

Requires such plans and issuers to have approved utilization review programs, claims procedures, and appeal procedures concerning claims denials.

Requires patient access to health plan information and to care, including: (1) a consumer choice option and choice of health care professional; (2) emergency care; (3) timely access to specialists; (4) obstetrics, gynecology, and pediatrics; (5) care continuity; (6) prescription drugs; (7) participation in clinical trials; and (8) breast cancer treatment hospital stays and consultations.

Restricts interference by a plan or insurer with the doctor-patient relationship. Prohibits discrimination against a licensed health care professional with respect to participation or indemnification. Sets forth requirements relating to payment of claims and protection of patient advocacy.

Provides a tax credit for the health insurance expenses of small businesses. Treats qualified health benefit purchasing distributions by private foundations as distributions for a charitable purpose.

Establishes demonstration grants programs to: (1) increase access to health insurance through alternative means; and (2) provide health insurance information to small employers.

]]> Patients' Bill of Rights Act of 2004 Display Title Patients' Bill of Rights Act of 2004 Official Title as Introduced 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. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Patients' Bill of Rights Act of 2004 Introduced in House 2004-06-21T04:00:00Z 2004-09-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.