3.0.0 764 2022-11-15T16:34:43Z 2022-11-15T16:34:43Z Senate S S 2013-04-18 113 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2013-04-18T19:05:20Z Patients Right to Know Act of 2013 113 1205 HR 2013-03-15 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2013-04-18 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 S2799-2800) IntroReferral 2013-04-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX N C000560 Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK] TOM COBURN R OK 2013-05-14 False Health Administrative remedies Congressional oversight Consumer affairs Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Health promotion and preventive care Insurance industry and regulation Sales and excise taxes User charges and fees Women's health Health 00 2013-04-18 Introduced in Senate 2013-07-08T20:59:58Z Patients Right to Know Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require health plans to disclose in writing to consumers: (1) the annual fee on health insurance providers under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, (2) the annual fees imposed on health insurance policies, (3) required contributions by health plans to the reinsurance program, (4) user fees on health plans participating in health insurance exchanges, (5) payments by health plans whose costs are lower than the target amount (premiums collected minus administrative costs), and (6) charges assessed by states on health plans whose enrollees have a lower actuarial risk than the average actuarial risk of all enrollees in a state. Allows such costs to be calculated separately for individual, small group, or large group markets.

Requires the Comptroller General (GAO) to study the methods of calculating the impact on average premium costs associated with: (1) guaranteed issuance of coverage and community rated premiums, (2) limitations on age rating, (3) required coverage of preventive services, and (4) the requirement that plans cover at least 60% of the actuarial value of essential health benefits.

Requires Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make the disclosures under this Act and the GAO study available to the general public through an Internet website.

]]> Patients' Right to Know Act of 2013 Display Title Patients' Right to Know Act of 2013 Short Titles as Introduced Patients' Right to Know Act of 2013 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to require the disclosure of information regarding how certain taxes and fees impact the amount of premiums, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2013-04-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s764is/xml/BILLS-113s764is.xml 2013-04-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2799-2800) 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.