3.0.0 3078 2023-01-11T13:16:14Z 2023-01-11T13:16:14Z Senate S S 2010-03-04 111 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2010-03-04T22:34:07Z Health Insurance Rate Authority Act of 2010 111 4757 HR 2010-03-04 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Identical bill CRS 2010-03-04 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 S1174-1175) IntroReferral 2010-03-04 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1172-1174) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2010-03-04 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA N B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2010-03-04 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2010-03-04 True R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2010-03-04 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2010-03-04 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2010-04-21 False C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2010-05-05 False L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2010-05-13 False B001266 Sen. Burris, Roland [D-IL] Roland Burris D IL 2010-05-18 False M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2010-05-24 False K000373 Sen. Kaufman, Edward E. [D-DE] Edward Kaufman D DE E. 2010-07-12 False I000025 Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL INOUYE D HI KEN 2010-07-12 False M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2010-07-27 False Health Advisory bodies Consumer affairs Government information and archives Health care costs and insurance Insurance industry and regulation Health 00 2010-03-04 Introduced in Senate 2010-06-14T15:40:46Z Health Insurance Rate Authority Act of 2010 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a uniform process for the review of potentially unreasonable increases in rates for health insurance coverage, which shall include premiums.

Directs the Secretary to establish a Health Insurance Rate Authority to advise and make recommendations to the Secretary.

Sets forth corrective actions for unreasonable increases in rates.

Requires a report on state authority to review rates and take corrective action, rating requests received by the state and actions taken, justifications by insurance issuers for rate requests, and a recommended definition of unreasonable rate increase. Requires the Secretary to determine: (1) for which states the state insurance commissioner will review rate increases and take corrective action; and (2) for which states the Secretary will undertake such actions based on the Secretary's determination that such states lack the authority and capability.

Directs the Secretary to develop a uniform data collection system for new and increased rate information.

Requires the Authority to produce annually a single, aggregate report on insurance market behavior.

Directs states, as a condition of receiving a grant under this Act, to provide the Secretary with information about trends in rate increases in health insurance coverage in premium rating areas in the state.

Requires the Secretary to carry out a program to award grants to states to carry out this Act.

Authorizes the Secretary to enforce this Act if the state does not substantially enforce the provisions. Establishes civil penalties for violations.

]]> Health Insurance Rate Authority Act of 2010 Display Title Health Insurance Rate Authority Act of 2010 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for the establishment of a Health Insurance Rate Authority to establish limits on premium rating, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Health Insurance Rate Authority Act of 2010 Introduced in Senate 2010-03-04T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s3078is/xml/BILLS-111s3078is.xml 2010-03-04 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1174-1175) 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.