3.0.0 3559 2020-02-10T17:02:40Z 2020-02-10T17:02:40Z Senate S S 2008-09-24 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-09-24T20:19:41Z 2008-09-24 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2008-09-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001057 Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN] Norm Coleman R MN N Health Administrative remedies Health insurance continuation Law Health 00 2008-09-24 Introduced in Senate 2008-12-17T21:48:10Z Continuing Coverage Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require a health insurance issuer offering health insurance coverage in the individual market to ensure that an independent, third-party review is provided through an appropriate entity where the issuer seeks to discontinue the health insurance coverage of an enrollee. Requires the cost of such a review to be paid by the issuer.

Sets forth notice requirements.

Authorizes the insurance commissioner of the state involved to approve or overturn the determination or require an additional independent review.

]]> Continuing Coverage Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Continuing Coverage Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to ensure that third party review is available whenever health insurance coverage in the individual market is terminated. Display Title Continuing Coverage Act of 2008 Introduced in Senate 2008-09-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3559is/xml/BILLS-110s3559is.xml 2008-09-24 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.