3.0.0 1459 2023-01-11T13:18:15Z 2023-01-11T13:18:15Z Senate S S 2009-07-16 111 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-07-16T16:29:25Z Health Care Choice Act of 2009 111 3217 HR 2009-07-15 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection. Related bill CRS To expand the availability of health savings accounts, to eliminate restrictions on the deduction for medical expenses, and to provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce. 111 4696 HR 2010-02-25 Referred to House Ways and Means Related bill CRS 2009-07-16 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2009-07-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000595 Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC] James DeMint R SC W. N V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA 2009-07-16 True Health Accounting and auditing Government information and archives Health care costs and insurance Insurance industry and regulation Intergovernmental relations State and local government operations Health 00 2009-07-16 Introduced in Senate 2009-09-25T20:00:02Z Health Care Choice Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to provide that the laws of the state designated by a health insurance issuer (primary state) shall apply to individual health insurance coverage offered by that issuer in the primary state and in any other state (secondary state), but only if the coverage and issuer comply with the conditions of this Act.

Exempts issuers from any secondary state's laws that would prohibit or regulate the operation of the issuer in such state, subject to certain restrictions imposed by such state.

Specifies the notice that an issuer must provide in any insurance coverage offered in a secondary state and at renewal of the policy.

Requires each issuer issuing individual health insurance coverage in both primary and secondary states to submit to the insurance commissioners of such states: (1) a copy of the plan of operation or feasibility study; (2) written notice of any change in its designation of its primary state and of its compliance with all the laws of the primary state; and (3) a quarterly financial statement.

Prohibits an issuer from offering, selling, or issuing individual health insurance coverage in a secondary state if the state insurance commissioner does not use a risk-based capital formula for the determination of capital and surplus requirements for all issuers.

Gives sole jurisdiction to the primary state to enforce the primary state's covered laws in the primary state and any secondary state.

Requires the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on the effect of this Act on specified health insurance issues.

]]> Health Care Choice Act of 2009 Display Title Health Care Choice Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Health Care Choice Act of 2009 Introduced in Senate 2009-07-16T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s1459is/xml/BILLS-111s1459is.xml 2009-07-16 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.