Health Plan Notice Requirements Act

Bill: 113-hr-3953
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2014-01-28
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion

Comprehensive health care

Consumer affairs

Health care costs and insurance

Health care coverage and access

Marketing and advertising
Latest action: action_date: 2014-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-01-28
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Health Plan Notice Requirements Act - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, with respect to abortion coverage in qualified plans offered through a health care exchange in a state, to modify the notice rules to require that in the case of services regarding abortions both for which public funding is prohibited and allowed, the extent of coverage shall be included in any marketing or advertising materials, comparison tools, or summaries of benefits and coverage explanations made available by the issuer of the plan or an exchange during any enrollment period for the plan or prior period for purposes of comparisons of qualified health plans.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 3953 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 28, 2014 Mr. Cartwright introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act concerning the notice requirements regarding the extent of health plan coverage of abortion.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Health Plan Notice Requirements Act . 2. Revision of ACA notice requirements regarding disclosure of extent of health plan coverage of abortion (a) In general Subparagraph (A) of section 1303(b)(3) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( 42 U.S.C. 18023(b)(3) ) is amended to read as follows: (A) Notice Each qualified health plan shall provide to enrollees a notice on the extent of coverage (if any) of services described in paragraph (1)(B)(i) or (1)(B)(ii) by such plan. Such notice shall be included as part of marketing or advertising materials, comparison tools, or summaries of benefits and coverage explanations made available with respect to such plan by the issuer of the plan or an Exchange during any enrollment period for such plan or prior period for purposes of comparisons of qualified health plans by potential enrollees. . (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to materials, tools, summaries, and explanations provided on or after 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.