3.0.0 650 2019-02-20T23:02:04Z 2019-02-24T00:06:21Z Senate S S 2011-03-17 112 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-03-17T21:38:05Z Health Care Waiver Transparency Act 112 1184 HR 2011-03-28 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2011-03-17 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2011-03-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress E000194 Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV] JOHN ENSIGN R NV N Health Administrative remedies Department of Health and Human Services Employee benefits and pensions Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Government information and archives Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Health 00 2011-03-17 Introduced in Senate 2011-05-03T20:14:42Z Health Care Waiver Transparency Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to publish detailed criteria used by the Secretary to approve a waiver, adjustment, or other compliance relief provided for under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or the health care provisions of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, including how significant of a decrease in benefits or increase in premiums would need to occur in order to be approved for a waiver. Directs the Secretary to publish each application for a waiver and the approval or rejection of the waiver while ensuring the confidentiality of proprietary information of each applicant.

Prohibits any preferential treatment to be given to an applicant based on political contributions or association with a labor union, a health plan provided for under a collective bargaining agreement, or another organized labor group.

]]> Health Care Waiver Transparency Act Short Titles as Introduced Health Care Waiver Transparency Act Display Title Health Care Waiver Transparency Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to require greater transparency concerning the criteria used to grant waivers to the job-killing health care law and to ensure that applications for such waivers are treated in a fair and consistent manner, irrespective of the applicant's political contributions or association with a labor union, a health plan provided for under a collective bargaining agreement, or another organized labor group. Introduced in Senate 2011-03-17T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s650is/xml/BILLS-112s650is.xml 2011-03-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.