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S 697 106th Congress Senate Health Commerce Employee health benefits Finance and Financial Sector Gynecology Health insurance Health insurance industry Labor and Employment Maternal health services Obstetricians Obstetrics Patients' rights Physicians Women Women's health

Women's Access to Care Act

Introduced: March 24, 1999 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 24, 1999
Read twice and referred to the Committee on HELP.
Mar 24, 1999
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3251)
Mar 24, 1999
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Women's Access to Care Act - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code to require a group health plan or a health insurance issuer to permit a woman participant to designate a physician who specializes in obstetrics and gynecology as her primary care provider (with authority to order further gynecological care) in addition to, or in lieu of, a non-obstetrics and gynecology primary care provider. Prohibits a plan or issuer from requiring, in the case of a woman not making such designation, primary care provider referral for routine gynecological care and pregnancy-related services. Amends the Public Health Service Act and the Internal Revenue Code to apply those requirements to health insurance in the individual market.

What's happening now March 24, 1999

Read twice and referred to the Committee on HELP.

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