Ensuring Physician Choice Act of 1999

Summary

Ensuring Physician Choice Act of 1999 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to require group health plans, if they provide for coverage of services only if such services are furnished exclusively through health care professionals who are members of a closed panel of health care professionals, to make available an option which provides for coverage of services regardless of whether or not the professionals are members of such a panel. Exempts from such requirement: (1) plans that maintain an alternative group health plan which offers such a coverage option; and (2) plans (other than ones under which all benefits consist of health insurance coverage) of small employers who employ an average of two to 25 employees on business days.

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Timeline

1. 17 June 1999

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

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2. 17 June 1999

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 17 June 1999

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

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Versions

• Introduced in House · 17 June 1999 · Official file

Documents

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 17 June 1999

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 17 June 1999

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 17 June 1999

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Sponsors

• Rep. Fletcher, Ernie [R-KY-6] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Norwood, Charles W. [R-GA-10] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. McKeon, Howard P. "Buck" [R-CA-25] · R · Sponsor
• · hsed00 · Standing

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