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S 1626 111th Congress Senate Health Administrative remedies Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration Health care costs and insurance Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care

Long Term Care Insurance Integrity Act of 2009

Introduced: August 6, 2009 Introduced by: Klobuchar, Amy Democratic · Minnesota See on congress.gov
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Aug 6, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Aug 6, 2009
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Long Term Care Insurance Integrity Act of 2009 - Requires an insurance issuer that offers a long-term care insurance plan to implement claims dispute resolution procedures that: (1) are designed to expeditiously resolve disputes; (2) provide for alternative means of dispute resolution involving independent third-party review by entities that are mutually acceptable to the issuer and the enrollee, with the reviewer's decision being binding on the issuer; and (3) ensure that an enrollee is eligible to obtain claims review only to the extent and in the manner provided for in the applicable insurance contract. Allows an enrollee to appeal the decision of an independent reviewer to an appropriate state court as provided for under state law.

What's happening now August 6, 2009

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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