To amend the Public Health Service Act and Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require group health plans and health insurance coverage to establish hospital lengths of stay based on a determination by an appropriate physician in consultation with the patient.
Hospital Stay Protection Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to require group health plans and individual health insurance coverage to establish hospital lengths of stay based on a determination by an appropriate physician in consultation with the patient.
Amends the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 to require related and coordinated regulations under PHSA, ERISA, and the Internal Revenue Code.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Commerce
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to House Education and the Workforce
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
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