HR 2960
105th Congress
House
Labor and Employment
Commerce
Damages
Employee health benefits
Federal preemption
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Health insurance industry
Insurance companies
Law
Managed care
Medical malpractice
State laws
Wrongful death
Responsibility in Managed Care Act of 1997
Introduced: November 8, 1997
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 10, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Nov 8, 1997
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Nov 8, 1997
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Responsibility in Managed Care Act of 1997 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to exempt from ERISA preemption of State law certain causes of action for damages for personal or financial injury or wrongful death resulting from failures to provide health care benefits under employee welfare benefit plans providing such benefits.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Committees of jurisdiction
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