SIIA May Oppose GOP Bill To Regulate Association Health Plans AtState Level.

National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management, October, 1998 by Reich-hale, David

The Self-Insurance Institute of America might withhold support on a Republican-backed patient's bill of rights if the Senate version of the bill is passed on to President Clinton, according to SIIA Washington Counsel George J. Pantos. The House bill, which the association supports, HR4250, will shift association health plan regulations from states to a federal standard, much like the way employer-sponsored group health plans are regulated under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.

But the Senate bill, written by Sen. Don Nickles (R-Okla.) keeps association health plan regulations at a state level, according to Mr. Pantos. If the Senate passes its version of the bill, the two bills will come to conference. If the House provisions on AHP not included in...

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