H Amdt 776 - Patients' Bill of Rights Act Amendment - National Key Vote
Vincent Snowbarger voted Nay (Amendment Vote) on this Amendment.
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Timeline
- House Amendment Rejected
- July 24, 1998
- Introduced
- July 24, 1998
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Title: Patients' Bill of Rights Act Amendment
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a substitute amendment to include provisions from the Patients' Bill of Rights Act 1998.
Highlights:
- Covers clinical trials for people with serious or life threatening illness.
- Gives doctors final determination as to whether a certain treatment is essential.
- Guarantees continued care when employers or doctors leave a particular health plan.
- Prevents HMOs from giving doctors incentives to deny care.
- Provides for continued access to specialists for chronic conditions.
- Allows patients to sue their HMO (under state law) for 'personal injury or wrongful death.'
Title: Patients' Bill of Rights Act Amendment
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NOTE: THIS IS A SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT, WHICH REPLACES THE ENTIRE TEXT OF THE LEGISLATION WITH A NEW TEXT. THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE SUBSTITUTE BILL TEXT DIFFERS FROM THE PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE TEXT CAN VARY GREATLY.