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S.1891

S.1891: Patients' Bill of Rights Act of 1998

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This bill was introduced in the 105th Congress
This bill is primarily about congress
Introduced March 31, 1998
Latest Major Action March 31, 1998

Bill Sponsor

Thomas A. Daschle (D-S.D.)

Bill Cosponsors

31 (All Democrats)

Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.)
Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.)
Christopher J. Dodd (D-Conn.)
Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.)
Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)
Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.)
Jack Reed (D-R.I.)
Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii)
Robert G. Torricelli (D-N.J.)
John Kerry (D-Mass.)
Carol Moseley-Braun (D-Ill.)
Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)
Frank R. Lautenberg (D-N.J.)
John D. Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.)
Max Cleland (D-Ga.)
Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.)
Patty Murray (D-Wash.)
Paul D. Wellstone (D-Minn.)
Paul S. Sarbanes (D-Md.)
Daniel K. Akaka (D-Hawaii)
Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.)
J. Robert Kerrey (D-Neb.)
Tim Johnson (D-S.D.)
Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)
Harry Reid (D-Nev.)
Byron L. Dorgan (D-N.D.)
John H. Glenn Jr. (D-Ohio)
Robert C. Byrd (D-W.Va.)
Carl Levin (D-Mich.)
Ernest F. Hollings (D-S.C.)
Wendell H. Ford (D-Ky.)

Bill Summary

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Health Insurance Bill of Rights Subtitle A: Access to Care Subtitle B: Quality Assurance Subtitle C: Patient Information Subtitle D: Grievance and Appeals Procedures Subtitle E: Protecting the Doctor-Patient Relationship Subtitle F: Promoting Good Medical Practice Subtitle G: Definitions Title II: Application to Group Health Plans Under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 Title III: Effective Dates; Coordination in...

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Date	Description
	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure.
	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
March 31, 1998	Introduced in the Senate by Thomas A. Daschle (D-S.D.)

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Introduced in the Senate by Thomas A. Daschle (D-S.D.)