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H.R. 2275 106th Congress House

Ensuring Physician Choice Act of 1999

Official title: To amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act to ensure choice of physicians.

Introduced: June 17, 1999 See on congress.gov
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This bill died when the 106th Congress ended
It never became law before the 106th Congress (1999–2000) 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.
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Jun 17, 1999
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Jun 17, 1999
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 Latest action June 17, 1999

Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2275: Ensuring Physician Choice Act of 1999. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-2275/
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"H.R. 2275: Ensuring Physician Choice Act of 1999." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-2275/.
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H.R. 2275, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-2275/.
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