3.0.0 2457 2023-01-11T13:19:12Z 2023-01-11T13:19:12Z House H HR 2009-05-18 111 hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing hsed02 Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Referred to 2009-10-22T20:47:59Z Referred to 2009-05-18T16:33:44Z hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2009-05-19T16:34:34Z Referred to 2009-05-18T16:33:43Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2009-05-18T16:33:45Z 2009-10-22 hsed02 Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. Committee 2009-05-19 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2009-05-18 Referred to House Ways and Means IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2009-05-18 Referred to House Education and Labor IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2009-05-18 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, 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 2009-05-18 Referred to House Energy and Commerce IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2009-05-18 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1182) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2009-05-18 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-05-18 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress D000598 Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53] SUSAN DAVIS D CA A. 53 N M001147 Rep. McCotter, Thaddeus G. [R-MI-11] Thaddeus McCotter R MI G. 11 2009-05-18 True R000515 Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1] BOBBY RUSH D IL L. 1 2009-05-18 True W000804 Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1] Robert Wittman R VA J. 1 2009-05-18 True H001040 Rep. Hare, Phil [D-IL-17] Phil Hare D IL 17 2009-05-18 True Health Employee benefits and pensions Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Health information and medical records Medical tests and diagnostic methods Health 00 2009-05-18 Introduced in House 2009-08-29T14:57:08Z Right to a Second Medical Opinion Act of 2009 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require a group health plan to provide coverage for a second opinion requested by a participant or beneficiary or a health care practitioner if certain conditions are met, including that the medical condition threatens loss of life, quality of life, loss of limb, loss of bodily function, loss of cognitive function, or substantial impairment of the mind or body.

Directs that the financial responsibility of the participant or beneficiary for a second opinion shall be the same as that for comparable services furnished by a participating physician in connection with an initial opinion.

Sets forth provisions governing a health plan: (1) limiting coverage of a second opinion to a participating physician; (2) requiring preapproval for a second opinion; and (3) denying coverage or denying preapproval for a second opinion.

Allows a plan to condition payment for a second opinion on the physician providing a consultation report to the health care practitioner making the initial opinion.

Requires plans to provide the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) a timeline for providing reimbursement of claims for second opinions and for responding to requests for preapproval of second opinions.

Applies the provisions of this Act to individual health insurance coverage.

]]> Right to a Second Medical Opinion Act of 2009 Display Title Right to a Second Medical Opinion Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code to require that group health plans and issuers of health insurance coverage provide coverage for second opinions. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Right to a Second Medical Opinion Act of 2009 Introduced in House 2009-05-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr2457ih/xml/BILLS-111hr2457ih.xml 2009-10-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, 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.