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42 U.S.C. § 300e–11Continued regulation of health maintenance organizations

submitted 82 years ago by Pub. L. 93-222 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 524 words · no verdicts yet

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If the Secretary finds a federally supported HMO isn't meeting this subchapter's rules, the Secretary can act. For HMOs with assurances under section 300e-9(d)(1), the Secretary gives notice and a chance to fix problems. A hearing comes before qualified status ends. For grant, loan, or contract recipients, the Secretary can also sue in federal court to enforce compliance.

(a) Determination of deficiency Suppose the Secretary decides that an entity -- one that got a grant, contract, loan, or loan guarantee under this subchapter as an HMO, or that was part of a health benefits plan offered under section 300e-9 -- is: (1) failing to give members basic and supplemental services, (2) failing to give those services the way section 300e(b) requires, or (3) not organized or run the way section 300e(c) requires, then the Secretary may take the action described in subsection (b). (b) Action by Secretary upon determination (1) If the Secretary makes that determination about an entity that gave assurances under section 300e-9(d)(1), the Secretary must notify the entity in writing, spelling out exactly how it isn't complying. The notice directs the entity to start fixing the problem -- within 30 days of the notice, or a longer period the Secretary allows -- and to actually get into compliance within a period the Secretary sets. If the entity doesn't start fixing the problem in time, or doesn't get into compliance in time, then -- after the Secretary gives the entity a fair chance to have the decision reconsidered, including (at the entity's choice) a hearing -- two things happen: (A) the entity stops being a "qualified" HMO under section 300e-9 until the Secretary decides it's back in compliance, and (B) the entity must notify every employer that offered it as a health plan option, every union or employee representative involved, and its own members, that it's no longer a qualified HMO. That notice must clearly explain, in plain language, why the Secretary made that determination. The Secretary must publish each such determination in the Federal Register. (2) If the Secretary makes that determination about an entity that received a grant, contract, loan, or loan guarantee under this subchapter, the Secretary may -- in addition to any other available remedy -- sue the entity in the U.S. district court where it's located, to force it to comply with the assurances it gave about its services, organization, or operation when it applied for that grant, contract, loan, or loan guarantee.
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(a) Determination of deficiency

If the Secretary determines that an entity which received a grant, contract, loan, or loan guarantee under this subchapter as a health maintenance organization or which was included in a health benefits plan offered to employees pursuant to section 300e–9 of this title—

(1)

fails to provide basic and supplemental services to its members,

(2)

fails to provide such services in the manner prescribed by section 300e(b) of this title, or

(3)

is not organized or operated in the manner prescribed by section 300e(c) of this title,

the Secretary may take the action authorized by subsection (b).

(b) Action by Secretary upon determination
(1)

If the Secretary makes, with respect to any entity which provided assurances to the Secretary under section 300e–9(d)(1) 1 of this title, a determination described in subsection (a), the Secretary shall notify the entity in writing of the determination. Such notice shall specify the manner in which the entity has not complied with such assurances and direct that the entity initiate (within 30 days of the date the notice is issued by the Secretary or within such longer period as the Secretary determines is reasonable) such action as may be necessary to bring (within such period as the Secretary shall prescribe) the entity into compliance with the assurances. If the entity fails to initiate corrective action within the period prescribed by the notice or fails to comply with the assurances within such period as the Secretary prescribes, then after the Secretary provides the entity a reasonable opportunity for reconsideration of his determination, including, at the entity’s election, a fair hearing (A) the entity shall not be a qualified health maintenance organization for purposes of section 300e–9 of this title until such date as the Secretary determines that it is in compliance with the assurances, and (B) each employer which has offered membership in the entity in compliance with section 300e–9 of this title, each lawfully recognized collective bargaining representative or other employee representative which represents the employees of each such employer, and the members of such entity shall be notified by the entity that the entity is not a qualified health maintenance organization for purposes of such section. The notice required by clause (B) of the preceding sentence shall contain, in readily understandable language, the reasons for the determination that the entity is not a qualified health maintenance organization. The Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register each determination referred to in this paragraph.

(2)

If the Secretary makes, with respect to an entity which has received a grant, contract, loan, or loan guarantee under this subchapter, a determination described in subsection (a), the Secretary may, in addition to any other remedies available to him, bring a civil action in the United States district court for the district in which such entity is located to enforce its compliance with the assurances it furnished respecting the provision of basic and supplemental health services or its organization or operation, as the case may be, which assurances were made in connection with its application under this subchapter for the grant, contract, loan, or loan guarantee.

Source credit: (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XIII, § 1312, as added Pub. L. 93–222, § 2, Dec. 29, 1973, 87 Stat. 931; amended Pub. L. 94–460, title I, § 111, Oct. 8, 1976, 90 Stat. 1952; Pub. L. 95–559, § 12(a)(2), Nov. 1, 1978, 92 Stat. 2140; Pub. L. 97–35, title IX, § 949(a), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 578.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1944Enacted · Pub. L. 93-222 · 87 Stat. 931
  • 1976Amended · Pub. L. 94-460 · 90 Stat. 1952
  • 1978Amended · Pub. L. 95-559 · 92 Stat. 2140
  • 1981Amended · Pub. L. 97-35 · 95 Stat. 578

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 93-222 on 1944-07-01.

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