3.0.0 2650 2020-02-10T16:51:03Z 2020-02-10T16:51:03Z House H HR 2005-05-26 109 hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing hsed02 Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Referred to 2005-07-11T13:55:39Z Referred to 2005-05-26T14:01:25Z hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2005-06-17T15:39:44Z Referred to 2005-05-26T14:01:20Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing hswm02 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2005-06-15T18:44:05Z Referred to 2005-05-26T14:01:30Z Patients' Bill of Rights Act of 2005 109 2259 HR 2005-05-31 Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. Related bill CRS Patients' Bill of Rights Act of 2005 109 1012 S 2005-05-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5075-5099) Related bill CRS 2005-07-11 hsed02 Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. Committee 2005-06-17 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2005-06-15 hswm02 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2005-05-26 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 2005-05-26 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 2005-05-26 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 2005-05-26 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 2005-05-26 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2005-05-26 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress N000159 Rep. Norwood, Charles W. [R-GA-9] CHARLES NORWOOD R GA W. 9 N J000032 Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] SHEILA JACKSON-LEE D TX 18 2005-06-13 False M000472 Rep. McHugh, John M. [R-NY-23] JOHN MCHUGH R NY M. 23 2005-06-13 False Health Access to health care Administrative procedure Administrative remedies Armed Forces and National Security Breast cancer Cancer Child health Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Civil actions and liability Clinical trials Commerce Communication in medicine Confidential communications Congress Congressional investigations Congressional reporting requirements Consumer complaints Consumer education Consumer protection Delegation of powers Department of Health and Human Services Department of Labor Department of the Treasury Discrimination in insurance Discrimination in medical care Drugs Economics and Public Finance Emergency Management Emergency medicine Employee health benefits Families Federal preemption Federal-state relations Finance and Financial Sector Freedom of speech 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 Indian medical care Insurance premiums Labor and Employment Law Legislation Liability (Law) Licenses Managed care Mastectomy Medicaid Medical economics Medical malpractice Medically uninsured Medicare Military medicine Minorities Native Americans Obstetrics Old age, survivors and disability insurance Ovarian cancer Patient satisfaction Patients' rights Physician-patient privilege Physicians Preventive medicine Quality of care Social Welfare Standards State laws Surgery Telephone Veterans' medical care Women Women's health Health 00 2005-05-26 Introduced in House 2005-08-17T19:52:02Z Patient Protection Act of 2005 - Amends the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and the Internal Revenue Code to set forth requirements for health plans or issuers of health insurance coverage, including requirements for: (1) utilization review activities; (2) procedures for claims benefits processing, prior authorization determinations, appeals, and internal reviews; and (3) access for an independent, external review.

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish the Health Care Consumer Assistance Fund to award grants to States for consumer assistance activities designed to provide information, assistance, and referrals to consumers of health insurance products.

Sets forth requirements for managed care programs and their access to care, including requiring such programs to: (1) offer coverage that allows for non-network coverage through another plan or issuer; (2) provide access to out-of-network emergency care without prior authorization; and (3) provide timely access to specialists.

Requires certain annual disclosures from health plans or issuers, including disclosures of covered benefits, cost-sharing requirements, and participating providers.

Prohibits a plan or issuer from: (1) restricting a health care professional's ability to advise a patient on the health of an individual or on medical care or treatment for the individual's condition or disease; and (2) operating any physician incentive plan.

]]> Patient Protection Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced Patient Protection Act of 2005 Display Title Patient Protection Act of 2005 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 2005-05-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr2650ih/xml/BILLS-109hr2650ih.xml 2005-07-11 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.