HR 4983
107th Congress
House
Health
Commerce
Employee health benefits
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Health insurance
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Labor and Employment
Law
Patients' rights
Standards
Health Benefits Claims Prompt Payment Act of 2002
Introduced: June 21, 2002
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Everywhere this bill has been
5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 18, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Jul 16, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 21, 2002
Referred to the Committee on Energy and 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.
Jun 21, 2002
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1127-1128)
Jun 21, 2002
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Health Benefits Claims Prompt Payment Act of 2002 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Internal Revenue Code, and the Public Health Service Act to require that group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans provide for prompt payment for health benefits claims.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.