Key Votes
HR 2563 - Bipartisan Patient Protection Act - Key Vote
National Key Votes
Mary Bono Mack voted Yea (Passage) on this legislation.
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Stages
Family
- HR 2563 - Bipartisan Patient Protection Act
- H Amdt 303 - Amendment to the Bipartisan Patient Protection Act
- SB 183 - Revise Interim Zoning Laws
Issues
Stage Details
Legislation - Placed on Calendar (Senate) - Sept. 6, 2001
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (226-203) - Aug. 2, 2001 (Key vote)
Title: Bipartisan Patient Protection Act
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill to protect consumers in managed care plans and other health coverage.
Highlights:
- Prohibits insurance companies from limiting either procedures doctors can perform or medicines they can prescribe when treating patients.
- Provides a 100 percent deduction of insurance for the self-employed.
- Gives patient right to sue insurance companies in state court over medical decisions, with a $5 million dollar cap placed on non-economic damages.
Legislation - Introduced (House) - July 19, 2001
Title: Bipartisan Patient Protection Act
Sponsors
- John 'Greg' Ganske (IA - ) (Out Of Office)
Co-sponsors
- Gary L. Ackerman (NY - D) (Out Of Office)
- Thomas H. 'Tom' Allen (ME - D) (Out Of Office)
- Robert E. 'Rob' Andrews (NJ - D)
- Joe Baca Sr. (CA - 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)
- Howard L. Berman (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Robert Marion Berry (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Sanford D. Bishop Jr. (GA - D)
- Leonard L. Boswell (IA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Frederick C. 'Rick' Boucher (VA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Sherrod C. Brown (OH - D) (Out Of Office)
- Lois Capps (CA - D)
- Benjamin L. 'Ben' Cardin (MD - D) (Out Of Office)
- William J. Coyne (PA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Joseph 'Joe' Crowley (NY - D)
- Susan A. Davis (CA - D)
- Diana Louise DeGette (CO - D)
- John D. Dingell (MI - D)
- Michael F. 'Mike' Doyle Jr. (PA - D)
- Eliot L. Engel (NY - D)
- Anna G. Eshoo (CA - D)
- Barney Frank (MA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Benjamin A. Gilman (NY - ) (Out Of Office)
- Bart Gordon (TN - D) (Out Of Office)
- Raymond Eugene 'Gene' Green (TX - D)
- Ralph Moody Hall (TX - R)
- Jane Harman (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Joseph M. Hoeffel (PA - ) (Out Of Office)
- Stephen 'Steve' Horn (CA - R) (Out Of Office)
- William J. Jefferson (LA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Christopher 'Chris' John (LA - ) (Out Of Office)
- Gerald D. 'Jerry' Kleczka (WI - ) (Out Of Office)
- Dennis J. Kucinich (OH - D) (Out Of Office)
- James R. 'Jim' Langevin (RI - D)
- Tom Lantos (CA - 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)
- John R. Lewis (GA - D)
- Nita M. Lowey (NY - D)
- Edward J. 'Ed' Markey (MA - D)
- Frank R. Mascara (PA - D) (Out Of Office)
- James David 'Jim' Matheson (UT - D)
- Robert T. Matsui (CA - ) (Out Of Office)
- Carolyn McCarthy (NY - D)
- Karen McCarthy (MO - ) (Out Of Office)
- James A. 'Jim' McDermott (WA - D)
- Michael R. 'Mike' McNulty (NY - D) (Out Of Office)
- Martin T. 'Marty' Meehan (MA - D) (Out Of Office)
- George Miller (CA - D)
- Dennis Moore (KS - D) (Out Of Office)
- Constance A. Morella (MD - ) (Out Of Office)
- Charles W. 'Charlie' Norwood Jr. (GA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Frank J. Pallone Jr. (NJ - D)
- William J. 'Bill' Pascrell Jr. (NJ - D)
- Nancy Pelosi (CA - D)
- 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)
- Michael Avery 'Mike' Ross (AR - 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)
- Max A. Sandlin Jr. (TX - ) (Out Of Office)
- Thomas C. 'Tom' Sawyer (OH - D) (Out Of Office)
- Adam B. Schiff (CA - D)
- Christopher H. 'Chris' Smith (NJ - R)
- Hilda L. Solis (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Fortney H. 'Pete' Stark (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Charles W. 'Charlie' Stenholm (TX - ) (Out Of Office)
- Ted Strickland (OH - D) (Out Of Office)
- Bart T. Stupak (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Michael C. 'Mike' Thompson (CA - D)
- Karen L. Thurman (FL - ) (Out Of Office)
- John F. Tierney (MA - D)
- Edolphus 'Ed' Towns (NY - D) (Out Of Office)
- James 'Jim' Turner (TX - ) (Out Of Office)
- Peter J. 'Pete' Visclosky (IN - D)
- Henry A. Waxman (CA - D)
- Albert R. Wynn (MD - D) (Out Of Office)