Justice for Patients Act

United States117th CongressHR-3947House of Representatives
Updated: Jun 17, 2021

Summary

Justice for Patients Act This bill prohibits private health insurance plans from (1) including any mandatory arbitration provision for disputes related to the plan, or (2) limiting the ability of a plan enrollee to participate in a class action lawsuit related to the plan. Further, the applicability of this bill to an arbitration agreement may not be determined by an arbitrator.

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Timeline

  1. Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

    House of Representatives

  2. Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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.

    House of Representatives

  3. Introduced in House

  4. Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

    House of Representatives

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