US HB4801 | 2015-2016 | 114th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on March 17 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-03-30 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on March 17 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-03-30 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Medical Loss Ratio Accountability Act of 2016 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to audit a statistically significant and representative selection of health insurers to verify that insurer reports on medical loss ratio are accurate. This bill amends the Social Security Act to base determinations of the medical loss ratio of a Medicare Advantage plan on information from the HHS audit of the plan, if the plan was audited.
Title
Medical Loss Ratio Accountability Act of 2016
Sponsors
Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM] | Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2016-03-30 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. |
2016-03-18 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. |
2016-03-17 | House | Referred to House Ways and Means |
2016-03-17 | House | Referred to House Energy and Commerce |
2016-03-17 | House | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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. |
2016-03-17 | House | Introduced in House |
Subjects
Accounting and auditing
Business records
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Health
Health care costs and insurance
Insurance industry and regulation
Medicare
Business records
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Health
Health care costs and insurance
Insurance industry and regulation
Medicare
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4801/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr4801/BILLS-114hr4801ih.pdf |