Congress 108 - HR 1469 - Women's Obstetrician and Gynecologist Access Now Act

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Access to health care Collective bargaining Commerce Consumer education Employee health benefits Families Family medicine Finance and Financial Sector Gynecology Health Health insurance Labor and Employment Labor contracts Maternal health services Obstetrics Physicians Standards Surgeons Women Women's health

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Women's Obstetrician and Gynecologist Access Now Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code to require that group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans permit enrollees direct access to services of obstetrical and gynecological physician services directly and without a referral.

States that a plan or issuer shall not be prohibited from establishing: (1) reasonable requirements for a participating obstetrician and gynecologist or family practice physician and surgeon 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.

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Apr 14, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Apr 10, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 3, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 27, 2003

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, 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.
Mar 27, 2003

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E608-609)
Mar 27, 2003

Introduced in House

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