Sec. 2. Requirement for group health plans and health insurance issuers to establish a process to address inaccurate information listed in publicly accessible provider directories of such plans and issuers
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Title XXVII of the Public Health Service ( 42 U.S.C. 300gg et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: A group health plan or a health insurance issuer offering group or individual health insurance coverage shall establish a process to address inaccurate information listed in any publicly accessible provider directory of such plan or issuer. Under such process, the plan or issuer, as the case may be, shall carry out each of the following: Display prominently on each publicly accessible provider directory of such plan or issuer contact information, such as an email address, phone number, or website address, that will allow an individual to notify such plan or issuer of any inaccurate information listed with respect to a provider in such directory.
Not later than 30 days after receiving a notification pursuant to paragraph
(1)that information listed with respect to a provider in a publicly accessible provider directory of such plan or issuer is inaccurate— investigate whether such information is inaccurate; and subject to subparagraph (B), in the case that such plan or issuer determines that such information is inaccurate, correct and update such information in such directory. In the case that such plan or issuer determines, pursuant to an investigation under clause
(i)of subparagraph (A), that information listed with respect to a provider in a printed provider directory is inaccurate, such plan or issuer may satisfy the correction and update requirement under clause
(ii)of such subparagraph by correcting and updating such information in each online provider directory of such plan or issuer. Submit to the State insurance commissioners of the States in which such plan or coverage, as applicable, is offered, and makes publicly available, an annual report on the number of notifications received pursuant to paragraph
(1)during the year involved and the corrective actions taken under paragraph
(2)with respect to such notifications. . Section 2722 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300gg–21 ) is amended— in subsection (a)(1), by inserting and part D after subparts 1 and 2 ; in subsection (b), by inserting and part D after subparts 1 and 2 ; in subsection (c)(1), by inserting and part D after subparts 1 and 2 ; in subsection (c)(2), by inserting and part D after subparts 1 and 2 ; in subsection (c)(3), by inserting and part D after this part ; and in subsection (d), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting and part D after this part . Section 2723 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300gg–22 ) is amended— in subsection (a)(1), by inserting and part D after this part ; in subsection (a)(2), by inserting or part D after this part ; in subsection (b)(1), by inserting or part D after this part ; in subsection (b)(2)(A), by inserting or part D after this part ; and in subsection (b)(2)(C)(ii), by inserting and part D after this part . Section 2724 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300gg–23 ) is amended— in subsection (a)(1)— by striking this part and part C insofar as it relates to this part and inserting this part, part D, and part C insofar as it relates to this part or part D ; and by inserting or part D after requirement of this part ; in subsection (a)(2), by inserting or part D after this part ; and in subsection (c), by inserting or part D after this part (other than section 2704) . Subpart B of part 7 of subtitle B of title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ( 29 U.S.C. 1185 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: A group health plan or a health insurance issuer offering group health insurance coverage shall establish a process to address inaccurate information listed in any publicly accessible provider directory of such plan or issuer. Under such process, the plan or issuer, as the case may be, shall carry out each of the following: Display prominently on each publicly accessible provider directory of such plan or issuer contact information, such as an email address, phone number, or website address, that will allow an individual to notify such plan or issuer of any inaccurate information listed with respect to a provider in such directory. Not later than 30 days after receiving a notification pursuant to paragraph
(1)that information listed with respect to a provider in a publicly accessible provider directory of such plan or issuer is inaccurate— investigate whether such information is inaccurate; and subject to subparagraph (B), in the case that such plan or issuer determines that such information is inaccurate, correct and update such information in such directory. In the case that such plan or issuer determines, pursuant to an investigation under clause
(i)of subparagraph (A), that information listed with respect to a provider in a printed provider directory is inaccurate, such plan or issuer may satisfy the correction and update requirement under clause
(ii)of such subparagraph by correcting and updating such information in each online provider directory of such plan or issuer. Submit to the State insurance commissioners of the States in which such plan or coverage, as applicable, is offered, and makes publicly available, an annual report on the number of notifications received pursuant to paragraph
(1)during the year involved and the corrective actions taken under paragraph
(2)with respect to such notifications. . The table of contents in section 1 of such Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 714 the following new items: 715. Additional market reforms. 716. Requirement for group health plans and health insurance issuers to establish a process to address inaccurate information listed in publicly accessible provider directories of such plans and issuers. . Subchapter B of chapter 100 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following: A group health plan shall establish a process to address inaccurate information listed in any publicly accessible provider directory of such plan. Under such process, the plan shall carry out each of the following: Display prominently on each publicly accessible provider directory of such plan contact information, such as an email address, phone number, or website address, that will allow an individual to notify such plan of any inaccurate information listed with respect to a provider in such directory. Not later than 30 days after receiving a notification pursuant to paragraph
(1)that information listed with respect to a provider in a publicly accessible provider directory of such plan is inaccurate— investigate whether such information is inaccurate; and subject to subparagraph (B), in the case that such plan determines that such information is inaccurate, correct and update such information in such directory. In the case that such plan determines, pursuant to an investigation under clause
(i)of subparagraph (A), that information listed with respect to a provider in a printed provider directory is inaccurate, such plan may satisfy the correction and update requirement under clause
(ii)of such subparagraph by correcting and updating such information in each online provider directory of such plan. Submit to the State insurance commissioners of the States in which such plan is offered, and makes publicly available, an annual report on the number of notifications received pursuant to paragraph
(1)during the year involved and the corrective actions taken under paragraph
(2)with respect to such notifications. . The table of sections for subchapter B of chapter 100 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new item: Sec. 9816. Requirement for group health plans to establish a process to address inaccurate information listed in publicly accessible provider directories of such plans. . The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to plan years beginning on or after January 1, 2021.
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