Women's Obstetrician and Gynecologist Access Now Act

Bill: 109-hr-2937
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53]
Introduced: 2005-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Collective bargaining
Commerce
Consumer education
Employee health benefits
Families
Family medicine
Finance and Financial Sector
Gynecology
Health insurance
Labor and Employment
Labor contracts
Maternal health services
Obstetrics
Physicians
Standards
Surgeons
Women
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-16
text: 
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 a group plan and an issuer offering group coverage 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.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
action_date: 2005-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-06-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1265-1266)
action_date: 2005-06-16
text: 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.
action_date: 2005-06-16
text: 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.
action_date: 2005-06-16
text: 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.
action_date: 2005-06-16
text: 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.
action_date: 2005-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-16
text: Introduced in House