3.0.0 137 2023-01-11T13:20:48Z 2023-01-11T13:20:48Z Senate S S 2011-01-25 112 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-01-25T21:41:39Z Health Insurance Rate Review Act 112 416 HR 2011-02-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2011-01-25 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 S206) IntroReferral 2011-01-25 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S204-206) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2011-01-25 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA N I000025 Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL INOUYE D HI KEN 2011-01-25 True B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2011-01-25 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2011-01-25 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2011-01-25 True C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2011-01-25 True L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2011-01-25 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2011-04-13 False T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2012-07-24 False Health Consumer affairs Disability and health-based discrimination Health care costs and insurance State and local government operations Health 00 2011-01-25 Introduced in Senate 2011-02-25T20:00:03Z Health Insurance Rate Review Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to declare that federal provisions requiring the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to review unreasonable premium increases in health care coverage shall not be construed to prohibit a state from imposing additional rate requirements on health insurance issuers that are more protective of consumers. Expands such review to include all rate increases, not only premium increases.

Directs the Secretary or the relevant state insurance commissioner (or state regulator) to take corrective actions to ensure that any excessive, unjustified, or unfairly discriminatory rates are corrected prior to, or as soon as possible after, implementation, including through mechanisms such as denying rates, modifying rates, or requiring rebates to consumers.

Requires the Secretary to determine whether the state insurance commissioner or regulator or the Secretary will undertake such corrective actions based on whether the state can adequately undertake such actions.

Applies these provisions to grandfathered health plans under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

]]> Health Insurance Rate Review Act Display Title Health Insurance Rate Review Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide protections for consumers against excessive, unjustified, or unfairly discriminatory increases in premium rates. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Health Insurance Rate Review Act Introduced in Senate 2011-01-25T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s137is/xml/BILLS-112s137is.xml 2011-01-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S206) 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.