United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 1304 (106th)
Quality Health-Care Coalition Act of 1999
Introduced
25 March 1999
Last action
27 July 2000 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Sponsors
Rep. Campbell, Tom [R-CA-15], Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13], Rep. Miller, Dan [R-FL-13], Rep. Hoeffel, Joseph M. [D-PA-13], Rep. Baker, Richard H. [R-LA-6], Rep. LaFalce, John J. [D-NY-29], Rep. Cooksey, John [R-LA-5], Rep. Pallone, Frank [D-NJ-6], Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12], Rep. Horn, Stephen [R-CA-38], Rep. Frost, Martin [D-TX-24], Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51], Rep. Boucher, Rick [D-VA-9], Rep. Wexler, Robert [D-FL-19], Rep. Scarborough, Joe [R-FL-1], Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9], Rep. Shows, Ronnie [D-MS-4], Rep. Sandlin, Max [D-TX-1], Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10], Rep. Blagojevich, Rod R. [D-IL-5], Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH], Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14], Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK], Rep. Ganske, Greg [R-IA-4], Rep. Delahunt, William D. [D-MA-10], Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-48], Rep. McCollum, Bill [R-FL-8], Rep. Klink, Ron [D-PA-4], Rep. Nethercutt, George R., Jr. [R-WA-5], Rep. Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. [D-MI-13], Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18], Rep. Davis, Tom [R-VA-11], Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18], Rep. Norwood, Charles W. [R-GA-9], Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21], Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6], Rep. Bonior, David E. [D-MI-10], Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1], Rep. Whitfield, Ed [R-KY-1], Rep. Wamp, Zach [R-TN-3], Rep. Doolittle, John T. [R-CA-4], Rep. Goode, Virgil H., Jr. [R-VA-5], Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-5], Rep. Barr, Bob [R-GA-7], Rep. Dickey, Jay [R-AR-4], Rep. Bachus, Spencer [R-AL-6], Rep. Leach, James A. [R-IA-2], Rep. Pickering, Charles W. "Chip" [R-MS-3]
Subjects
Healthcare
Source updated
21 April 2025
Summary
Quality Health-Care Coalition Act of 1999 - Entitles any health care professionals negotiating with a health plan regarding contract terms under which they provide health care items or services for which plan benefits are provided to the same treatment under antitrust laws as that accorded to a collective bargaining unit recognized under the National Labor Relations Act.
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Timeline
25 March 1999
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Source: IntroReferral
25 March 1999
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
25 March 1999
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
22 June 1999
Committee
Committee Hearings Held.
Source: Committee
16 March 2000
Committee
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Source: Committee
30 March 2000
Vote
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 26 - 2.
Source: Committee
30 March 2000
Committee
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Source: Committee
18 May 2000
Calendars
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 342.
Source: Calendars
18 May 2000
Reported
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 106-625.
Source: Committee
18 May 2000
Reported
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 106-625.
Source: Committee
28 June 2000
Reported
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 542 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1304 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. It shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary now printed in the bill. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order.
Source: Floor
29 June 2000
Floor
Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1304 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. It shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary now printed in the bill. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order.
Source: Floor
29 June 2000
Floor
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 542. (consideration: CR H5627-5652)
Source: Floor
29 June 2000
Passed
Rule H. Res. 542 passed House.
Source: Floor
29 June 2000
Floor
The Speaker designated the Honorable John Shimkus to act as Chairman of the Committee.
Source: Floor
29 June 2000
Floor
House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 542 and Rule XXIII.
Source: Floor
30 June 2000
Introduced
Received in the Senate.
Source: IntroReferral
30 June 2000
Passed
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Source: Floor
30 June 2000
Vote
On passage Passed by recorded vote: 276 - 136, 2 Present (Roll no. 372).
Source: Floor
30 June 2000
Vote
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by recorded vote: 276 - 136, 2 Present (Roll no. 372).
Source: Floor
30 June 2000
Passed
The House adopted the amendment in the nature of a substitute as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. (text: CR H5636-5637)
Source: Floor
30 June 2000
Floor
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
Source: Floor
30 June 2000
Floor
The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 1304.
Source: Floor
30 June 2000
Floor
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Cox amendment, the Chair put the question on the adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Conyers demanded a recorded vote and pursuant to H. Res. 538, the Chair postponed further proceedings on the adoption of the amendment until later in the day.
Source: Floor
27 July 2000
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Referred in Senate · 27 July 2000 · Download file
- Engrossed in House · 30 June 2000 · Download file
- Reported in House · 18 May 2000 · Download file
- Introduced in House · 25 March 1999 · Download file
Documents
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Referred in Senate (text)
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Referred in Senate (text)
Referred in Senate · EN · 27 July 2000
Referred in Senate (PDF)
Referred in Senate · EN · 27 July 2000
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Engrossed in House (text)
Engrossed in House · EN · 30 June 2000
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Engrossed in House (PDF)
Engrossed in House · EN · 30 June 2000
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Passed House amended
summary · EN · 30 June 2000
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Reported in House (text)
Reported in House · EN · 18 May 2000
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Reported in House (PDF)
Reported in House · EN · 18 May 2000
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Reported to House with amendment(s)
summary · EN · 18 May 2000
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Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 25 March 1999
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Sponsors
- Rep. Campbell, Tom [R-CA-15] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Miller, Dan [R-FL-13] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Hoeffel, Joseph M. [D-PA-13] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Baker, Richard H. [R-LA-6] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. LaFalce, John J. [D-NY-29] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Cooksey, John [R-LA-5] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Pallone, Frank [D-NJ-6] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Horn, Stephen [R-CA-38] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Frost, Martin [D-TX-24] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Boucher, Rick [D-VA-9] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Wexler, Robert [D-FL-19] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Scarborough, Joe [R-FL-1] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Shows, Ronnie [D-MS-4] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Sandlin, Max [D-TX-1] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Blagojevich, Rod R. [D-IL-5] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Ganske, Greg [R-IA-4] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Delahunt, William D. [D-MA-10] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-48] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. McCollum, Bill [R-FL-8] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Klink, Ron [D-PA-4] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Nethercutt, George R., Jr. [R-WA-5] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. [D-MI-13] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Davis, Tom [R-VA-11] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Norwood, Charles W. [R-GA-9] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Bonior, David E. [D-MI-10] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Whitfield, Ed [R-KY-1] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Wamp, Zach [R-TN-3] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Doolittle, John T. [R-CA-4] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Goode, Virgil H., Jr. [R-VA-5] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-5] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Barr, Bob [R-GA-7] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Dickey, Jay [R-AR-4] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Bachus, Spencer [R-AL-6] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Leach, James A. [R-IA-2] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Pickering, Charles W. "Chip" [R-MS-3] · R · Cosponsor
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Related records
- related to → Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1304) to ensure and foster continued patient safety and quality of care by making the antitrust laws apply to negotiations between groups of health care professionals and health plans and health insurance issuers in the same manner as such laws apply to collective bargaining by labor organizations under the National Labor Relations Act.
- amends ← An amendment numbered 1 printed in House Report 106-709 to provide that the exemption included in the bill not apply to: (1) negotiations between health professionals and heath plans relating to fees, payments, reimbursements, or other compensation arrangements; or (2) negotiations with a health plan that would allow health professionals to balance bill patients of a health plan. The exemption would also not apply to a health professional who had not submitted and received approval from the Secretary of HHS on a plan to reduce medical errors or to a health professional who engaged in boycotts of health plans.
- amends ← An amendment numbered 5 printed in House Report 106-709 to exempt discussions regarding requiring abortion coverage from collective bargaining negotiations.
- amends ← An amendment numbered 6 printed in House Report 106-709 to express the sense of Congress that medical decisions regarding treatment should be made by the physician or health care professional and the patient.
- amends ← An amendment numbered 2 printed in House Report 106-709 to exempt groups of health care professional engaged in negotiations with health plans from federal antitrust laws if the FTC or the Department of Justice has certified that such negotiations would promote competition and enhance the quality of professional care. The amendment clarifies that the bill does not create any legal right for such groups of health care professionals to engage in boycotts, coercive behavior or engage in a collective cessation of service to patients.
- amends ← An amendment numbered 3 printed in House Report 106-709 to provide that a physician may not be forced to join a union as a condition of employment by a health plan.
- amends ← An amendment numbered 4 printed in House Report 106-709 to prevent doctors, or any health care professional covered in the bill, from using the language to negotiate fees.
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/106th-congress/house-bill/1304
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/1304
- us · 106-hr-1304 · source updated 21 April 2025