Christopher Reeve Health Insurance Reform Act of 1996
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Mar 6, 1996)
Christopher Reeve Health Insurance Reform Act of 1996 - Prohibits employee health benefit plans and insurers offering group health plans from imposing an aggregate dollar lifetime limit of less than $10 million. Exempts: (1) group plans for employers employing 20 or fewer employees; and (2) health maintenance organizations. Mandates disclosure of any plan limits, exclusions, or cost containment mechanisms. Applies to this Act provisions of the Health Insurance Reform Act of 1996 relating to definitions and the application and enforcement of standards.
What just happenedMar 22, 1996
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseMar 6, 1996
- Mar 22, 1996CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee - Mar 18, 1996CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Health and Environment Subcommittee - Mar 7, 1996IntroReferralB00100
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1972)
- Mar 6, 1996IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, and in addition to the Committee on Commerce, 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.
Energy and Commerce Committee - Mar 6, 1996IntroReferralH11100-A
Referred to the Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, and in addition to the Committee on Commerce, 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.
- Mar 6, 1996IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, and in addition to the Committee on Commerce, 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.
Education and Workforce Committee - Mar 6, 1996IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Mar 6, 1996IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House