State-Mandated Benefit Review Laws

State-mandated benefit review laws.

OBJECTIVE To determine which states have laws that require the review of mandated health insurance benefits and describe the various approaches states take in reviewing mandated benefits, as stated in the mandated benefit review (MBR) laws. DATA SOURCES We queried online databases of the individual state statutes and reviewed the state statutes and state legislative agendas for all 50 states ...

ERISA preemption of state mandated-provider laws.

The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 19741 ("ERISA" or "the Act") is a comprehensive federal statute which imposes minimum standards on employee benefit plans. To prevent conflicting state regulation, ERISA preempts state laws which "relate to" these plans. 2 ERISA's preemption, however, is not complete. Consistent with the federal policy embodied in the McCarran-Ferguson Act 3 of lea...

A comparative analysis of mandated benefit laws, 1949-2002.

OBJECTIVE To understand and compare the trends in mandated benefits laws in the United States. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING Mandated benefit laws enacted in 50 states and the District of Columbia for the period 1949-2002 were compiled from multiple published compendia. STUDY DESIGN Laws that require private insurers and health plans to cover particular services, types of diseases, or care by ...

The Long-term Coercive Effect of State Community Benefit Laws on Hospital Community Health Orientation

This study is an examination of the long-term coercive effect of state community benefit laws (CB Laws) on the provision of community health activities in U.S. acute care hospitals. The sample included all the not-for-profit and investor owned acute care hospitals for which 1994 and 2006 AHA Annual Survey data were available. A panel design was used to longitudinally examine the effect that sta...

The Economic Effects of State-mandated Health Insurance Benefits