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Hippocratic Oath and Patient Protection Act of 1996

Introduced: March 29, 1996 Introduced by: Sanders, Bernard Independent · Vermont See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 19, 1996
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Apr 15, 1996
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Apr 15, 1996
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Hazardous Materials.
Apr 9, 1996
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 29, 1996
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Economic and Educational Opportunities, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mar 29, 1996
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Hippocratic Oath and Patient Protection Act of 1996 - Prohibits health carriers, in contracts with providers or enrollees, from: (1) preventing or limiting provider communications to a patient or the public; (2) operating an incentive plan that does not meet requirements of specified provisions of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act; or (3) including a provision to indemnify a carrier against liability from an action brought by or for an enrollee or provider for damage caused to the enrollee or provider by the carrier. Requires carriers to disclose in plain English: (1) a list of all services and benefits offered; (2) procedures used by the plan; and (3) any existing incentive plan. Mandates a civil monetary penalty and authorizes a private cause of action for violations.

What's happening now April 19, 1996

Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 7
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · May 8, 1996
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3222: Hippocratic Oath and Patient Protection Act of 1996. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-3222/
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"H.R. 3222: Hippocratic Oath and Patient Protection Act of 1996." 104th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-3222/.
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