3.0.0 1710 2023-01-15T08:03:20Z 2023-01-15T08:03:20Z Senate S S 2003-10-03 108 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2003-10-03T15:18:57Z 2003-10-03 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2003-10-03 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. N M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2003-10-03 True Health Access to health care Administrative procedure Administrative remedies Child health Chronically ill Commerce Congress Congressional investigations Congressional reporting requirements Consumer complaints Consumer education Department of Health and Human Services Department of Labor Disabled Economics and Public Finance Emergency Management Emergency medicine Employee health benefits Families Family medicine Federal aid to child health services Federal preemption Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Grievance procedures Health insurance Health insurance continuation Health maintenance organizations Health surveys Hospital care Insurance companies Labor and Employment Law Managed care Medicaid Mental health services Poor children Quality of care Social Welfare Standards State laws Terminal care Youth Health 00 2003-10-03 Introduced in Senate 2004-04-16T18:43:01Z Children's Health Insurance Accountability Act of 2003 - Amends the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to establish standards for the health quality improvement of children in managed care plans and other health plans.

Directs the Secretaries of Health and Human Services (HHS) and of Labor to coordinate their application of such standards with respect to group health plans under PHSA and ERISA, respectively.

Directs the Secretary of HHS to report on: (1) the unique characteristics of patterns of illness, disability, and injury in children; (2) the development of measures of quality of care and outcomes related to the healthcare of children; and (3) the access of children to primary mental health services and the coordination of managed behavioral health services.

Requires the General Accounting Office (GAO) to report on: (1) the structure and performance of non-governmental health plans, Medicaid managed care organizations, and specified plans and programs under the Social Security Act, serving children with special health care needs; (2) the structure and performance of non-governmental plans in serving children as compared to Medicaid managed care organizations; (3) the emphasis that private managed care health plans place on primary care and the control of services as it relates to care and services provided to children with special health care needs; and (4) health plan activities that address the unique health needs of adolescents.]]>

Children's Health Insurance Accountability Act of 2003 Display Title Children's Health Insurance Accountability Act of 2003 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act and part 7 of subtitle B of title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to establish standards for the health quality improvement of children in managed care plans and other health plans. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Children's Health Insurance Accountability Act of 2003 Introduced in Senate 2003-10-03T04:00:00Z 2003-10-03 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. 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.