Hospital Stay Protection Act
Bill journey · stage 2 of 5
Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Jun 19, 1998)
Hospital Stay Protection Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to require group health plans and individual health insurance coverage to establish hospital lengths of stay based on a determination by an appropriate physician in consultation with the patient.
Amends the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 to require related and coordinated regulations under PHSA, ERISA, and the Internal Revenue Code.
What just happenedJul 17, 1998
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseJun 19, 1998
- Jul 17, 1998CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee - Jun 30, 1998CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Health and Environment Subcommittee - Jun 19, 1998IntroReferralH11100
Referred to House Education and the Workforce
Education and Workforce Committee - Jun 19, 1998IntroReferralH11100-A
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
- Jun 19, 1998IntroReferralH11100
Referred to House Commerce
Energy and Commerce Committee - Jun 19, 1998IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Jun 19, 1998IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House