,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ii  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of    
,,representatives  ,january #c1 #bjac   
,mr4 ,conyers introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill 
,to prohibit anticompetitive activities 
and to provide that health insurance    
issuers and medical malpractice         
insurance issuers are subject to the    
antitrust laws of the ,united ,states1  
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,health ,insurance ,industry ,antitrust 
,enforcement ,act of #bjac4  #b4        
,prohibition of anticompetitive         
activities ,notwithstanding any other   
provision of law1 nothing in the ,act of
 ,march #i1 #aide 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #ajaa  
et seq41 commonly known as the          
,mc,carran-,ferguson ,act71 shall be    
construed to permit health insurance    
issuers 7as defined in section #bgia of 
the ,public ,health ,service ,act 7#db  
,u4,s4,c4 #cjj;gg-#ia77 or issuers of   

medical malpractice insurance to engage 
in any form of price fixing1 bid        
rigging1 or market allocations in       
connection with the conduct of the      
business of providing health insurance  
coverage 7as defined in such section7 or
 coverage for medical malpractice claims
 or actions4  #c4 ,restoring the        
application of antitrust laws to health 
sector insurers  7a7 ,amendment to      
,mc,carran-,ferguson ,act ,section #c of
 the ,act of ,march #i1 #aide 7#ae      
,u4,s4,c4 #ajac71 commonly known as the 
,mc,carran-,ferguson ,act1 is amended by
 adding at the end the following3  7c7  
,nothing contained in this ,act shall   
modify1 impair1 or supersede the        
operation of any of the antitrust laws  
with respect to the business of health  
insurance4 ,for purposes of the         
preceding sentence1 the term antitrust  
laws has the meaning given it in        
subsection 7a7 of the first section of  
the ,clayton ,act1 except that such term
 includes section #e of the ,federal    

,trade ,commission ,act to the extent   
that such section #e applies to unfair  
methods of competition4  4  7b7 ,related
 ,provision ,for purposes of section #e 
of the ,federal ,trade ,commission ,act 
7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #de7 to the extent such  
section applies to unfair methods of    
competition1 section #c7;c7 of the      
,mc,carran-,ferguson ,act shall apply   
with respect to the business of health  
insurance without regard to whether such
 business is carried on for profit1     
notwithstanding the definition of       
,corporation contained in section #d of 
the ,federal ,trade ,commission ,act4