Managed Competition Act of 1992 - Title I: Managed Competition in Employer-Based Health Plans: Incentives to Control Costs - Subtitle A: Use of Tax Incentives to Purchase Cost Effective Plans - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an excise tax on the excess health plan expenses of employers.
Allows a full and permanent deduction for the health plan premium expenses of self-employed individuals, except with respect to excess health plan expenses.
Excludes from gross income contributions by a partnership or S corporation to an accident or health plan covering its partners or shareholders.
Subtitle B: Health Plan Purchasing Cooperatives (HPPCs) - Provides for the establishment of health plan purchasing cooperatives as not-for-profit corporations in or among States to: (1) enter into agreements with accountable health plans; (2) enter into agreements with small employers; (3) enroll individuals in accountable health plans; (4) receive and forward adjusted premiums, including the reconciliation of low-income assistance among such plans; and (5) coordinate and carryout other functions as required by this title.
Subtitle C: Accountable Health Plans (AHPs) - Sets forth requirements for accountable health plans with respect to: registration and qualifications, uniform benefits, cost-sharing for low-income individuals, standardized information, prohibition of discrimination based on health status, standard premiums, financial solvency, grievance mechanisms, and coordinating benefits.
Preempts State laws for accountable health plans.
Subtitle D: National Health Board - Establishes a National Health Board to: (1) specify a uniform set of effective benefits by October 1, 1993; (2) provide for an advisory Health Benefits and Data Standards Board and a Health Plan Standards Board; (3) register accountable health plans; (4) establish rules for the process of risk-adjustment premiums; (5) establish standards for a national health data system; (6) measure the quality of care in specialized centers; and (7) make specified reports to the Congress.
Subtitle E: Treatment of Areas of Ineffective Competition - Authorizes States to develop plans for controlling growth in premiums of accountable health plans where there is ineffective price competition.
Subtitle F: Repeal of COBRA Continuation Requirements - Repeals provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Public Health Service Act with respect to continuation coverage requirements of group health plans.
Subtitle G: Definitions - Provides definitions for terms under this title.
Title II: Low-Income Assistance for Health Coverage - Subtitle A: Low-Income Assistance - Provides assistance to low-income individuals enrolled under accountable health plans who are not eligible for Medicare through adjustments of premiums, cost-sharing assistance, and payments for certain items and services.
Subtitle B: Long-Term Care Phase-Down Assistance to States - Phases down assistance to States for long-term care from 1994 through 1997.
Subtitle C: Financing - Repeals the dollar limitation on the amount of wages subject to the hospital insurance tax.
Subtitle D: Repeal of Medicaid Program - Repeals title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act. Requires the National Health Board to report to the Congress on changes in the laws needed to conform to such repeal.
Title III: Improved Access in Rural and Underserved Areas - Amends the Public Health Service Act to extend authorizations of appropriations for migrant health centers, community health centers, scholarship and loan repayment programs of the National Health Service Corps, and area health education centers.
Title IV: Preventive Health and Personal Responsibility Subtitle A: Expansion of Public Health Programs - Extends authorized appropriations for: immunizations against vaccine preventable diseases, lead poisoning prevention, preventive health measures with respect to breast and cervical cancers, health information and health promotion, and preventive health and health services block grants.
Provides for the use of appropriated funds for the prevention, control, and elimination of tuberculosis and for grants for early intervention regarding acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).
Authorizes appropriations for programs regarding the smoking of tobacco products.
Subtitle B: Expansion of Medicare Coverage of Preventive Services - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage for colorectal screening, certain immunizations, well-child care, annual mammography screenings, and certain additional benefits.
Title V: Malpractice Reform - Subtitle A: Findings; Purpose; Definitions - Sets forth congressional findings with respect to the need for malpractice reforms.
Subtitle B: Grants to States for Alternative Dispute Resolution Systems - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to States for a two-year period for the implementation and evaluation of alternative dispute resolution systems. Sets forth eligibility requirements for States seeking such grants and standards and regulations for such program.
Subtitle C: Uniform Standards for Malpractice Claims - Establishes uniform standards for health care liability actions brought in a Federal or State court and to medical malpractice claims subject to an alternative dispute resolution system, except in the case of an injury arising from the use of a medical product.
Subtitle D: Liability Protections for Federally-Supported Health Centers - Provides liability protection for physicians or other licensed or certified health care practitioners deemed to be employees of the Public Health Service. Requires the Attorney General to report to the Congress on medical malpractice liability claims arising under this subtitle.
Title VI: Paperwork Reduction and Administrative Simplification - Preempts State laws that require medical or health insurance records to be maintained in written, rather than electronic form.
Requires the National Health Board to ensure the confidentiality of electronic health care information and establish standardization for the electronic receipt and transmission of health plan information.
Requires the Board to establish goals and time frames for: (1) the use of uniform health claims forms and identification numbers; (2) achieving uniformity in determining the liability of insurers when benefits are payable under two or more health plans; and (3) achieving uniformity in the availability of information among health plans when benefits are payable under two or more health plans.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a tax on the administrator of a health plan for failure to satisfy certain health plan requirments.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Referred to the House Committee on Judiciary.
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and Competitiveness.
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