HR 1860 106th Congress House Health Access to health care Communication in medicine Community health services Economics and Public Finance Employee health benefits Federal aid to health facilities Government Operations and Politics Health information systems Health insurance Health insurance continuation Health maintenance organizations Labor and Employment Managed care Medicaid managed care Medical personnel Medicare managed care Minorities Minority health Physicians

Medically Underserved Access to Care Act of 1999

Introduced: May 19, 1999 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Jun 18, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

Jun 3, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

May 20, 1999

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1055)

May 19, 1999

Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Ways and Means, 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.

May 19, 1999

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Medically Underserved Access to Care Act of 1999 - Directs a managed care organization offering a managed care plan to establish and maintain adequate arrangements with a sufficient number, mix, and distribution of health care professionals and providers to assure that covered items and services are available and accessible to each plan enrollee in the organization's service area at a variety of sites within reasonable proximity to the enrollee, and in a reasonably prompt manner that accounts for enrollee needs and assures care continuity.

Treats as meeting such requirements any managed care organization serving a medically underserved area that has similar arrangements with health care professionals and providers having a history of serving such areas.

Directs the Secretary to establish a program in the Office of Minority Health of the Department of Health and Human Services to award competitive grants to enable eligible nongovernmental agencies to develop outreach programs with regard to medically underserved areas.

What's happening now June 18, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

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