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HR 1409 112th Congress House

Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011

Official title: To ensure and foster continued patient safety and quality of care by clarifying the application of the antitrust laws to negotiations between groups of health … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To ensure and foster continued patient safety and quality of care by clarifying the application of the antitrust laws to negotiations between groups of health care professionals and health plans and health care insurance issuers.

Introduced: May 7, 2012 See on congress.gov
Health Competition and antitrustContracts and agencyHealth care costs and insuranceHealth personnel
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 11, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet.
Apr 7, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Apr 7, 2011
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E661)
Apr 7, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Latest action July 11, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 - Exempts health care professionals, including individuals and entities, from federal and state antitrust laws in connection with negotiations with a health plan regarding contract terms under which the professionals provide health care items or services for which plan benefits are provided.

Declares that this Act: (1) applies only to health care professionals excluded from the National Labor Relations Act; and (2) does not apply to such negotiations relating to Medicare or Medicaid programs, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP, formerly known as SCHIP), medical and dental care for members of the uniformed services, veterans' medical care, the federal employees health benefits program, or the Indian Health Care Improvement Act.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Republican 1
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Calvert, Ken
California · May 7, 2012
DUNCAN, JOHN
· May 3, 2011
Price, Tom
· May 2, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1409: Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-1409/
MLA
"H.R. 1409: Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-1409/.
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H.R. 1409, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-1409/.
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