Beneficiary Notification Rights Act of 1998
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Oct 6, 1998)
Beneficiary Notification Rights Act of 1998 - Amends the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and the Internal Revenue Code to require a health insurance issuer intending to terminate coverage or allow a policy to lapse because a group health plan failed to pay premiums necessary to maintain coverage, to: (1) notify all participants and beneficiaries of such situation; and (2) if such plan is terminated, provide all participants and beneficiaries with the option of enrollment under a conversion health plan.
What just happenedOct 14, 1998
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseOct 6, 1998
- Oct 14, 1998CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Health and Environment Subcommittee - Oct 6, 1998IntroReferralH11100
Referred to House Education and the Workforce
Education and Workforce Committee - Oct 6, 1998IntroReferralH11100
Referred to House Ways and Means
Ways and Means Committee - Oct 6, 1998IntroReferralH11100-A
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, 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.
- Oct 6, 1998IntroReferralH11100
Referred to House Commerce
Energy and Commerce Committee - Oct 6, 1998IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Oct 6, 1998IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House