A bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to require SCHIP annual reports to include information on the HEDIS measure relating to access to primary care practitioners by individuals eligible for child health assistance under such plans and on State efforts to avoid certain displacement of private health coverage, and to express the sense of Congress that such States should utilize Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems consumer satisfaction surveys to measure access by such individuals to physicians
Contributors: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce
Publisher: [United States Government Printing Office]
Published: 2008
Place of publication: [Washington, D.C.?]
Language: eng
Subjects: Reporting; Law and legislation; Child health services; Health services accessibility; Child health insurance; Primary care (Medicine); Physicians (General practice); State Children's Health Insurance Program (U.S.); Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (U.S.)
Other titles: Improving Children's Doctor Access Act of 2008.; 110th Congress, 2d Session, H.R. 6506 in the House of Representatives.; To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to require SCHIP annual reports to include information on the HEDIS measure relating to access to primary care practitioners by individuals eligible for child health assistance under such plans and on State efforts to avoid certain displacement of private health coverage ...
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Introduced July 16, 2008; referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.