Patient Right to Obstetric and Gynecological Care Act of 2001
Last action on Sep 18, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
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Patient Right to Obstetric and Gynecological Care Act of 2001 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to require a group health plan or issuer, if it provides benefits for routine gynecological or obstetric specialist care benefits, to: (1) provide those benefits from a participating specialist without authorization or referral by a primary care provider; and (2) treat the ordering of other routine care by such participating specialist as an authorization by a primary care provider.
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