3.0.0 2083 2023-01-15T10:03:18Z 2023-01-15T10:03:18Z Senate S S 2004-02-12 108 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2004-02-12T22:50:22Z Bipartisan Patient Protection Act 108 1945 S 2003-11-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS 2004-02-12 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2004-02-12 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1293-1294) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2004-02-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA N Health Abortion Access to health care Administrative procedure Administrative remedies Breast cancer Cancer Case management Child health Childbirth Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Civil actions and liability Class actions (Civil procedure) Clinical trials Collective bargaining Commerce Communication in medicine Confidential communications Congress Congressional reporting requirements Consumer education Corporation directors Customs administration Damages Department of Health and Human Services Department of Labor Discrimination in insurance Discrimination in medical care Drug approvals Drug utilization Drugs Economics and Public Finance Emergency Management Emergency medicine Employee health benefits Employers' liability Evidence (Law) Families Federal employees Federal preemption Federal-state relations Finance and Financial Sector Foreign Trade and International Finance Freedom of speech Genetic counseling Genetics Government Operations and Politics Government contractors Government employees' health insurance Government publicity Government trust funds Grievance procedures Gynecology Health insurance Health insurance continuation Health maintenance organizations Humans Infants Insurance premiums Labeling Labor and Employment Labor contracts Law Legal fees Legislation Liability (Law) Licenses Limitation of actions Losses Managed care Married people Mastectomy Medical economics Medical ethics Medical malpractice Medical records Medical screening Medical supplies Medical tests Medically uninsured Medicare Nonprofit organizations Obstetrics Old age, survivors and disability insurance Ovarian cancer Parents Patient satisfaction Patients' rights Peer review organizations (Medicine) Persons Pharmacists Physician-patient privilege Physicians Preventive medicine Punitive damages Quality of care Right of privacy Salaries Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare Social security finance Standards State laws Surgery Telephone User charges Women Women's health Health 00 2004-02-12 Introduced in Senate 2016-08-30T14:33:07Z 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.

Sets forth nondiscrimination and other requirements regarding use of certain genetic 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 of 2004 Display Title Bipartisan Patient Protection Act of 2004 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 of 2004 Introduced in Senate 2004-02-12T05:00:00Z 2004-02-12 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.