3.0.0 3051 2023-01-11T13:18:44Z 2023-01-11T13:18:44Z House H HR 2009-06-25 111 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2009-06-26T14:25:11Z Referred to 2009-06-25T14:02:39Z 2009-06-26 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2009-06-25 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2009-06-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-06-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B001259 Rep. Braley, Bruce L. [D-IA-1] Bruce Braley D IA L. 1 N T000466 Rep. Teague, Harry [D-NM-2] Harry Teague D NM 2 2009-06-25 True S001178 Rep. Schauer, Mark H. [D-MI-7] Mark Schauer D MI H. 7 2009-06-25 True P000595 Rep. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI-9] Gary Peters D MI 9 2009-06-25 True M001173 Rep. Massa, Eric J. J. [D-NY-29] Eric Massa D NY J. J. 29 2009-06-25 True W000800 Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large] Peter Welch D VT 0 2009-06-25 True S001174 Rep. Sutton, Betty [D-OH-13] Betty Sutton D OH 13 2009-06-25 True Health Administrative law and regulatory procedures Consumer affairs Department of Health and Human Services Health care costs and insurance Health information and medical records Health 00 2009-06-25 Introduced in House 2009-09-10T21:33:03Z Plain Language in Health Insurance Act of 2009 - Requires any health insurance issuer, health plan, and federal health care program to use plain language in any publicly distributed document.

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue guidance on implementing such requirements.

]]> Plain Language in Health Insurance Act of 2009 Display Title Plain Language in Health Insurance Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced To enhance citizen awareness of insurance information and services by establishing that insurance documents issued to the public must be written clearly, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Plain Language in Health Insurance Act of 2009 Introduced in House 2009-06-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr3051ih/xml/BILLS-111hr3051ih.xml 2009-06-26 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. 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.