3.0.0 3402 2020-02-10T17:02:03Z 2020-02-10T17:02:03Z Senate S S 2008-07-31 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-08-01T00:40:25Z 2008-07-31 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2008-07-31 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001163 Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO] Ken Salazar D CO N Health Administrative procedure Commerce Consumer education Curricula Department of Health and Human Services Economics and Public Finance Education Elementary and secondary education Executive reorganization Federal aid to education Federal preemption Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Governmental investigations Health education Health insurance Law Medical economics Preventive medicine School health programs Standards State laws Terminal care Health 00 2008-07-31 Introduced in Senate 2008-11-17T20:53:57Z Consumer Health Education and Transparency Act of 2008 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) the Office of Consumer Health Education and Information to provide consumers of health care services and health insurance with information concerning personal health and wellness and health insurance coverage.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) require the National Association of Insurance Commissioners to develop standards for use by health insurance issuers in compiling and providing to enrollees a summary of benefits explanation that accurately represents the benefits and coverage provided by the issuer under the applicable health insurance plan; and (2) promulgate regulations to apply such standards.

Directs health insurance issuers and federal health care programs to provide such a summary of benefits explanation to individuals prior to the effective date of coverage.

Provides that such standards preempt related state standards that provide less information to consumers.

Subjects entities that willfully fail to provide such information to fines.

Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Office, to establish and implement a consumer health education and outreach initiative.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) conduct a comprehensive study of matters related to improved consumer education on end-of-life care decisions and spending; and (2) award grants to local education agencies to develop and implement a personal health and nutrition curriculum in elementary or secondary schools.

]]> Consumer Health Education and Transparency Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Consumer Health Education and Transparency Act of 2008 Display Title Consumer Health Education and Transparency Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide information and education to consumers concerning health care services and health insurance coverage. Introduced in Senate 2008-07-31T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3402is/xml/BILLS-110s3402is.xml 2008-07-31 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.