3.0.0 1945 2023-01-15T09:03:28Z 2023-01-15T09:03:28Z Senate S S 2003-11-24 108 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2003-11-24T23:53:52Z Bipartisan Patient Protection Act of 2004 108 2083 S 2004-02-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS 2003-11-24 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2003-11-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000303 Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] JOHN MCCAIN R AZ SIDNEY N E000286 Sen. Edwards, John [D-NC] JOHN EDWARDS D NC 2003-11-24 True K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE 2003-11-24 True G000352 Sen. Graham, Bob [D-FL] DANIEL GRAHAM D FL ROBERT 2003-11-25 False C001042 Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ] JON CORZINE D NJ S. 2004-06-22 False S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2004-06-22 False B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2004-06-22 False B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS 2004-06-23 False S000064 Sen. Sarbanes, Paul S. [D-MD] PAUL SARBANES D MD SPYROS 2004-06-24 False L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2004-09-22 False C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2004-10-05 False Health Access to health care Accreditation (Medical care) Breast cancer Case management Child health Clinical trials Coinsurance Commerce Communication in medicine Conflict of interests Consumer protection Drugs Emergency medicine Employee health benefits Federal-state relations Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Gynecology Health care industry Health information systems Health insurance Hospital care Labor and Employment Law Licenses Limitation of actions Managed care Mastectomy Medical personnel Obstetrics Ombudsman Patients' rights Performance measurement Physicians Prescription pricing Quality of care Standards Women Women's health Health 00 2003-11-24 Introduced in Senate 2016-08-30T14:33:35Z Requires group health plans and health insurance issuers providing health insurance coverage to have approved utilization review programs, claims procedures, and appeal procedures concerning claims denials.

Sets forth provisions concerning group health plans and health insurers and the provision of certain advice and care, including: (1) emergency care; (2) obstetric and gynecological care; (3) specialists care; (4) prescription drugs; (5) participation in approved clinical trials; and (6) health plan information.

Restricts interference by health plans and insurers with the doctor-patient relationship.

Prohibits health plans and insurers from discriminating against a licensed health care professional with respect to participation or indemnification.

Sets forth limitations on certain class action litigation and other actions. Makes certain civil remedies available. Declares that courts should consider the loss of a nonwage earning spouse or parent as an economic loss to be fully compensated in certain ERISA cases.

Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) men and women battling life-threatening, deadly diseases, including advanced breast or ovarian cancer, should have the opportunity to participate in a federally approved or funded clinical trial; (2) a child battling a rare cancer should be allowed to go to a cancer center capable of providing high quality care for that disease; and (3) every patient who is denied care by a health maintenance organization or other health insurance company should have a fair, speedy, and impartial appeal to a review organization that has not been selected by the health plan.]]>

Bipartisan Patient Protection Act Display Title Bipartisan Patient Protection Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to protect consumers in managed care plans and other health coverage. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Bipartisan Patient Protection Act Introduced in Senate 2003-11-24T05:00:00Z 2003-11-24 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.