3.0.0 1050 2023-01-11T13:19:01Z 2023-01-11T13:19:01Z Senate S S 2009-05-14 111 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-05-14T21:02:02Z Informed Consumer Choices in Health Care Act of 2009 111 2427 HR 2009-05-15 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2009-05-14 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5524-5527) IntroReferral 2009-05-14 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5523-5524, S5528) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2009-05-14 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000361 Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] JAY ROCKEFELLER D WV N K000305 Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI] HERBERT KOHL D WI H. 2009-05-14 True L000261 Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] CARL LEVIN D MI MILTON 2009-05-14 True L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2009-05-21 False W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2009-06-04 False 2009-06-08 M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2009-06-11 False Health Administrative law and regulatory procedures Consumer affairs Department of Health and Human Services Department of Labor Department of the Treasury Executive agency funding and structure Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Health care quality Insurance industry and regulation Marketing and advertising Prescription drugs Health 00 2009-05-14 Introduced in Senate 2009-08-13T22:00:51Z Informed Consumer Choices in Health Care Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to: (1) develop standards for health insurance issuers in providing information to group health plans, for forms used in connection with group health insurance coverage, for quality assurance, for marketing of group health insurance coverage, and for the accuracy and clarity of coverage for out-of-network providers; (2) undertake activities to promote accountability of health insurance issuers in meeting federal health insurance requirements; (3) provide grants to Departments of Insurance in states to assist in enforcement of federal health insurance requirements governing health insurance issuers operating in such states; (4) undertake activities to promote transparency in costs, market practices, and other factors for health insurance coverage; and (5) establish within HHS an Office of Health Insurance Oversight to promote accountability and transparency in health insurance and provide for assistance to consumers in selecting health care coverage.

Directs the Secretaries of Labor and the Treasury to establish standards and accountability and transparency initiatives for group health plans comparable to the standards established by the HHS Secretary under this Act.

]]> Informed Consumer Choices in Health Care Act of 2009 Display Title Informed Consumer Choices in Health Care Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to establish Federal standards for health insurance forms, quality, fair marketing, and honesty in out-of-network coverage in the group and individual health insurance markets, to improve transparency and accountability in those markets, and to establish a Federal Office of Health Insurance Oversight to monitor performance in those markets, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Informed Consumer Choices in Health Care Act of 2009 Introduced in Senate 2009-05-14T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s1050is/xml/BILLS-111s1050is.xml 2009-05-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5524-5527) 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.