US Congress House Bill 2940 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on June 18 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-06-19 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Women's Obstetrician and Gynecologist Medical Access Now Act of 2009 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code to require a group health plan to allow a participant or beneficiary the option to seek obstetrical and gynecological physician services directly from a participating provider without a referral. States that this Act does not prevent a plan or issuer from establishing: (1) reasonable requirements for a participating provider to communicate with the participant's or beneficiary's primary care physician and surgeon regarding the participant's or beneficiary's condition and treatment; or (2) reasonable provisions governing utilization protocols and the use of obstetricians and gynecologists, or family practice physicians and surgeons, participating in the plan or issuer network. Applies such requirements to coverage offered in the individual market.

Women's Obstetrician and Gynecologist Medical Access Now Act of 2009

Rep. Judy Biggert [R-IL]

Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-06-19		Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2009-06-18		Referred to House Ways and Means
2009-06-18		Referred to House Education and Labor
2009-06-18		Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2009-06-18		Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and 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.
2009-06-18		Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1497)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/2940/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr2940/BILLS-111hr2940ih.pdf