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HR 2723 - Patient Protection bill - Key Vote
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Judy Biggert voted Nay (Passage) on this legislation.
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Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (275-151) - Oct. 7, 1999 (Key vote)
Title: Patient Protection bill
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that expands healthcare services for patients enrolled in managed care plans.
Highlights:
- Allows patients to sue health care insurers if denial of medical service impacts their health negatively.
- Calls for claims to be reviewed by external review boards and independent medical specialists to determine whether an insurer should have paid for a particular service and what compensation they may owe to the patient.
- Grants patients the right to seek care locally if services offered by their insurer are not located nearby.
- Requires that medical specialists, including obstetricians, pediatricians and gynecologists be included in health care plans.
- Bars insurers from offering incentives to doctors and hospitals to deny care.
- Protects insurers from lawsuits if they approved a procedure that a patient requested which resulted in an injury to the patient.
- Requires insurers to allow patients to go to the nearest emergency facility, in case of an emergency, regardless of their coverage plan.
Sponsors
- Charles W. 'Charlie' Norwood Jr. (GA - R) (Out Of Office)
Co-sponsors
- Neil Abercrombie (HI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Thomas H. 'Tom' Allen (ME - D) (Out Of Office)
- Robert E. 'Rob' Andrews (NJ - D)
- Brian N. Baird (WA - D) (Out Of Office)
- John Elias Baldacci (ME - ) (Out Of Office)
- Tammy Baldwin (WI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Robert Laurence 'Bob' Barr Jr. (GA - ) (Out Of Office)
- Thomas M. 'Tom' Barrett (WI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Xavier Becerra (CA - D)
- Kenneth E. 'Ken' Bentsen Jr. (TX - ) (Out Of Office)
- Shelley Berkley (NV - D) (Out Of Office)
- Robert Marion Berry (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Sanford D. Bishop Jr. (GA - D)
- Earl Blumenauer (OR - D)
- Sherwood L. 'Sherry' Boehlert (NY - R) (Out Of Office)
- David Edward Bonior (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Robert A. 'Bob' Borski Jr. (PA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Leonard L. Boswell (IA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Frederick C. 'Rick' Boucher (VA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Robert A. 'Bob' Brady (PA - D)
- Sherrod C. Brown (OH - D) (Out Of Office)
- Lois Capps (CA - D)
- Michael E. 'Mike' Capuano (MA - D)
- Benjamin L. 'Ben' Cardin (MD - D) (Out Of Office)
- Donna Marie Christensen (VI - D)
- William L. 'Bill' Clay Sr. (MO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Eva M. Clayton (NC - D) (Out Of Office)
- Robert N. 'Bob' Clement (TN - D) (Out Of Office)
- James E. 'Jim' Clyburn (SC - D)
- John C. Cooksey (LA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Jerry F. Costello (IL - D) (Out Of Office)
- William J. Coyne (PA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Joseph 'Joe' Crowley (NY - D)
- Barbara L. Cubin (WY - R) (Out Of Office)
- Elijah E. Cummings (MD - D)
- James 'Jim' Davis (FL - D) (Out Of Office)
- Diana Louise DeGette (CO - D)
- Rosa L. DeLauro (CT - D)
- Norman DeValois 'Norm' Dicks (WA - D) (Out Of Office)
- John D. Dingell (MI - D)
- Julian C. Dixon (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Michael F. 'Mike' Doyle Jr. (PA - D)
- Anna G. Eshoo (CA - D)
- Lane A. Evans (IL - D) (Out Of Office)
- Eni F.H. Faleomavaega (AS - D)
- Samuel 'Sam' Farr (CA - D)
- Bob Filner (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Mark Foley (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Michael Patrick Forbes (NY - D) (Out Of Office)
- Harold Ford Jr. (TN - D) (Out Of Office)
- Robert D. 'Bob' Franks (NJ - ) (Out Of Office)
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen (NJ - R)
- Jonas 'Martin' Frost III (TX - D) (Out Of Office)
- John 'Greg' Ganske (IA - ) (Out Of Office)
- Richard Andrew 'Dick' Gephardt (MO - ) (Out Of Office)
- James A. 'Jim' Gibbons (NV - R) (Out Of Office)
- Wayne T. Gilchrest (MD - R) (Out Of Office)
- Benjamin A. Gilman (NY - ) (Out Of Office)
- Charles A. 'Charlie' Gonzalez (TX - D) (Out Of Office)
- Bart Gordon (TN - D) (Out Of Office)
- Lindsey O. Graham (SC - R) (Out Of Office)
- Raymond Eugene 'Gene' Green (TX - D)
- Luis V. Gutierrez (IL - D)
- Tony P. Hall (OH - D) (Out Of Office)
- Ralph Moody Hall (TX - R)
- Earl F. Hilliard Jr. (AL - ) (Out Of Office)
- Maurice D. Hinchey (NY - D) (Out Of Office)
- Joseph M. Hoeffel (PA - ) (Out Of Office)
- Thomas Timothy 'Tim' Holden (PA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Rush D. Holt Jr. (NJ - D)
- Stephen 'Steve' Horn (CA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Amory 'Amo' Houghton Jr. (NY - ) (Out Of Office)
- Steny H. Hoyer (MD - D)
- Jay Robert Inslee (WA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Sheila Jackson Lee (TX - D)
- William J. Jefferson (LA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Christopher 'Chris' John (LA - ) (Out Of Office)
- Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX - D)
- Paul E. Kanjorski (PA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Marcy Kaptur (OH - D)
- Patrick Joseph Kennedy (RI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Dale E. Kildee (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Ronald James 'Ron' Kind (WI - D)
- Gerald D. 'Jerry' Kleczka (WI - ) (Out Of Office)
- Ronald P. 'Ron' Klink (PA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Dennis J. Kucinich (OH - D) (Out Of Office)
- John J. LaFalce (NY - ) (Out Of Office)
- Nicholas V. 'Nick' Lampson (TX - D) (Out Of Office)
- Steven C. 'Steve' LaTourette (OH - R) (Out Of Office)
- James A. 'Jim' Leach (IA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Barbara J. Lee (CA - D)
- Sander M. 'Sandy' Levin (MI - D)
- Frank A. LoBiondo (NJ - R)
- Nita M. Lowey (NY - D)
- James H. 'Jim' Maloney (CT - D) (Out Of Office)
- Carolyn B. Maloney (NY - D)
- Frank R. Mascara (PA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Robert T. Matsui (CA - ) (Out Of Office)
- Carolyn McCarthy (NY - D)
- Karen McCarthy (MO - ) (Out Of Office)
- James A. 'Jim' McDermott (WA - D)
- James P. 'Jim' McGovern (MA - D)
- Michael R. 'Mike' McNulty (NY - D) (Out Of Office)
- Gregory W. Meeks (NY - D)
- Robert 'Bob' Menendez (NJ - D) (Out Of Office)
- Dennis Moore (KS - D) (Out Of Office)
- Constance A. Morella (MD - ) (Out Of Office)
- John P. 'Jack' Murtha (PA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Major R. Owens (NY - D) (Out Of Office)
- Frank J. Pallone Jr. (NJ - D)
- William J. 'Bill' Pascrell Jr. (NJ - D)
- Edward López 'Ed' Pastor (AZ - D)
- Nancy Pelosi (CA - D)
- David D. Phelps (IL - ) (Out Of Office)
- David Eugene Price (NC - D)
- Nick Joe Rahall II (WV - D)
- Charles B. 'Charlie' Rangel (NY - D)
- Lynn Nancy Rivers (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Ciro D. Rodriguez (TX - D) (Out Of Office)
- Carlos A. Romero-Barcelo (PR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Steven R. 'Steve' Rothman (NJ - D) (Out Of Office)
- Marge S. Roukema (NJ - R) (Out Of Office)
- Bobby L. Rush (IL - D)
- Martin Olav Sabo (MN - D) (Out Of Office)
- Max A. Sandlin Jr. (TX - ) (Out Of Office)
- Thomas C. 'Tom' Sawyer (OH - D) (Out Of Office)
- H. James 'Jim' Saxton (NJ - R) (Out Of Office)
- Janice D. 'Jan' Schakowsky (IL - D)
- Robert C. 'Bobby' Scott (VA - D)
- E. Clay Shaw Jr. (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Christopher H. Shays (CT - R) (Out Of Office)
- Brad J. Sherman (CA - D)
- Christopher H. 'Chris' Smith (NJ - R)
- Victor F. 'Vic' Snyder (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- John M. Spratt Jr. (SC - D) (Out Of Office)
- Debbie Ann Stabenow (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Fortney H. 'Pete' Stark (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Ted Strickland (OH - D) (Out Of Office)
- Bart T. Stupak (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
- John Tanner (TN - D) (Out Of Office)
- Michael C. 'Mike' Thompson (CA - D)
- Karen L. Thurman (FL - ) (Out Of Office)
- John F. Tierney (MA - D)
- Stephanie Tubbs Jones (OH - D) (Out Of Office)
- James 'Jim' Turner (TX - ) (Out Of Office)
- Bruce F. Vento (MN - D) (Out Of Office)
- Peter J. 'Pete' Visclosky (IN - D)
- Henry A. Waxman (CA - D)
- Anthony David Weiner (NY - D) (Out Of Office)
- Robert Wexler (FL - D) (Out Of Office)
- Robert A. 'Bob' Weygand (RI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Robert E. 'Bob' Wise Jr. (WV - ) (Out Of Office)
- Lynn C. Woolsey (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Albert R. Wynn (MD - D) (Out Of Office)
