3.0.0 2105 2023-01-11T20:27:36Z 2023-01-11T20:27:36Z Senate S S 2007-09-27 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-09-27T18:04:45Z 2007-09-27 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2007-09-27 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001028 Sen. Hagel, Chuck [R-NE] CHUCK HAGEL R NE N Health Access to health care Education Executive reorganization Government Operations and Politics Health insurance Higher education Law Medical economics Medical education Medical fees Medical malpractice Medical records Quality of care Scholarships Standards Student loan funds Health 00 2007-09-27 Introduced in Senate 2008-02-21T22:27:42Z Federal Health Care Board Act of 2007 - Establishes the Federal Health Care Board as an independent agency in the executive branch.

Requires the Board to: (1) ensure that Americans have access to health insurance and are provided certain basic facts about health care services prior to receiving care; (2) ensure that providers are delivering safe, evidence-based, high quality care and are transparent about pricing through disclosure of actual costs; (3) demand transparency for disclosure of actual costs and pricing from providers and payers through an information clearinghouse; (4) establish a national standard for a basic health insurance plan (including a basic minimum policy and the regional cost for such policy), a national protocol and standard for secure, universal, and individual electronic medical records, a national standard for public health services (including safety net providers), loan forgiveness and scholarship programs for health care providers who serve in underserved areas, and model dispute resolution procedures for malpractice claims that states may adopt; and (5) monitor progress toward those objectives.

Directs the Board's Board of Governors to establish 12 regions of the United States. Establishes in each region a Regional Board, based in a major city, to provide the Board of Governors with considerations that are relevant to their region's population.

]]> Federal Health Care Board Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for the establishment of the Federal Health Care Board. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Federal Health Care Board Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Federal Health Care Board Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-09-27T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2105is/xml/BILLS-110s2105is.xml 2007-09-27 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.