US Congress Senate Bill 1531 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on May 16 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-05-16 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prohibits health care providers and health insurance plans from billing enrollees in excess of the in-network amount for specified health care services provided out-of-network. Specifically, a plan or provider may not charge an enrollee more than the in-network amount for services that are emergency services provided by an out-of-network provider or at an out-of-network facility; nonemergency services provided at an in-network facility by an out-of-network provider; or nonemergency services provided out-of-network to an enrollee who initially enters through an emergency room for emergency services, except under specified circumstances. Additionally, health insurance plans must pay the median in-network amount, minus the enrollee's in-network cost-sharing amount, directly to a health care provider. The bill also establishes an independent review process to resolve billing disputes between insurance plans and providers.

STOP Surprise Medical Bills Act of 2019 Stopping The Outrageous Practice of Surprise Medical Bills Act of 2019

Sen. Bill Cassidy [R-LA]	Sen. Michael Bennet [D-CO]	Sen. Todd Young [R-IN]	Sen. Margaret Hassan [D-NH]
Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R-AK]	Sen. Thomas Carper [D-DE]	Sen. Dan Sullivan [R-AK]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]
Sen. Kevin Cramer [R-ND]	Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]	Sen. John Kennedy [R-LA]	Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]
Sen. Joni Ernst [R-IA]	Sen. Mike Braun [R-IN]	Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]	Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]
Sen. Tina Smith [D-MN]	Sen. Lindsey Graham [R-SC]	Sen. Rob Portman [R-OH]	Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]
Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith [R-MS]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. David Perdue [R-GA]	Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]
Sen. Doug Jones [D-AL]	Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]	Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]	Sen. John Hoeven [R-ND]
Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX]	Sen. Martha McSally [R-AZ]	Sen. Thom Tillis [R-NC]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-05-16	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/1531/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s1531/BILLS-116s1531is.pdf