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HR 4093 105th Congress House

Hospital Stay Protection Act

Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act and Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require group health plans and health insurance coverage to estab… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act and Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require group health plans and health insurance coverage to establish hospital lengths of stay based on a determination by an appropriate physician in consultation with the patient.

Introduced: June 19, 1998 Introduced by: DeLauro, Rosa L. Democratic · Connecticut See on congress.gov
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It never became law before the 105th Congress (1997–1998) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 17, 1998
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Jun 30, 1998
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Jun 19, 1998
Referred to House Education and the Workforce
Jun 19, 1998
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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.
Jun 19, 1998
Referred to House Commerce
Jun 19, 1998
Introduced in House
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 Latest action July 17, 1998

Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Hospital Stay Protection Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to require group health plans and individual health insurance coverage to establish hospital lengths of stay based on a determination by an appropriate physician in consultation with the patient.

Amends the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 to require related and coordinated regulations under PHSA, ERISA, and the Internal Revenue Code.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 1
CHRISTENSEN, DONNA
· Sep 10, 1998
FROST, MARTIN
· Jun 19, 1998
KLECZKA, GERALD
· Jun 19, 1998
LAMPSON, NICK
· Jun 19, 1998
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Jun 19, 1998
SANDLIN, MAX
· Jun 19, 1998
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4093: Hospital Stay Protection Act. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-4093/
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H.R. 4093, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-4093/.
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