,i  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cidg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #af1 #bjba,ms4 
,porter 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,doggett1    
,ms4 ,schakowsky1 ,ms4 ,de,lauro1 and   
,mr4 ,pocan7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce1 and
 in addition to the ,committees on ,ways
 and ,means1 and ,education and ,labor1 
for a period to be subsequently         
determined by the ,speaker1 in each case
 for consideration of such provisions as
 fall within the jurisdiction of the    
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
prohibit the inclusion of mandatory     
predispute arbitration clauses and      
clauses limiting class action lawsuits  
in health insurance contracts4  #a4     
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,justice for ,patients ,act4  #b4   
,prohibition on mandatory predispute    
arbitration and limitations on class    
action lawsuits  7a7 ,,phsa ,part ,d of 
title ,,xxvii of the ,public ,health    

,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4            
#cjj;gg-#aaa et seq47 is amended by     
adding at the end the following new     
section3  #bgii;,a-#aa4 ,prohibition on 
inclusion of certain requirements in    
health insurance contracts  7a7         
,prohibition on mandatory predispute    
arbitration ,a group health plan and    
group or individual health insurance    
coverage shall not include any          
predispute arbitration clause that      
requires the arbitration of claims under
 such plan or coverage4  7b7            
,prohibition on limitation of class     
actions ,a group health plan and group  
or individual health insurance coverage 
shall not include any limitation on the 
ability of an enrollee of such plan or  
coverage to engage in a class action    
lawsuit relating to the administration  
of such plan or coverage4  7c7          
,applicability ,an issue as to whether  
this section applies with respect to a  
dispute shall be determined under       
,federal law4 ,the applicability of this

 section to an agreement to arbitrate   
and the validity and enforceability of  
an agreement to which this section      
applies shall be determined by a court1 
rather than an arbitrator1 irrespective 
of whether the party resisting          
arbitration challenges the arbitration  
agreement specifically or in conjunction
 with other terms of the contract       
containing such agreement1 and          
irrespective of whether the agreement   
purports to delegate such determinations
 to an arbitrator4  4  7b7 ,,erisa  7#a7
 ,in general ,subpart ,b of part #g of  
subtitle ,b of title ,i of the ,employee
 ,retirement ,income ,security ,act of  
#aigd 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #aahe et seq47 is  
amended by adding at the end the        
following new section3  #gbf4           
,prohibition on inclusion of certain    
requirements in health insurance        
contracts  7a7 ,prohibition on mandatory
 predispute arbitration ,a group health 
plan or a health insurance issuer       
offering group health insurance coverage

 shall not include any predispute       
arbitration clause that requires the    
arbitration of claims under such plan or
 coverage4  7b7 ,prohibition on         
limitation of class actions ,a group    
health plan or a health insurance issuer
 offering group health insurance        
coverage shall not include any          
limitation on the ability of an enrollee
 of such coverage to engage in a class  
action lawsuit relating to the          
administration of such plan or coverage4
  7c7 ,applicability ,an issue as to    
whether this section applies with       
respect to a dispute shall be determined
 under ,federal law4 ,the applicability 
of this section to an agreement to      
arbitrate and the validity and          
enforceability of an agreement to which 
this section applies shall be determined
 by a court1 rather than an arbitrator1 
irrespective of whether the party       
resisting arbitration challenges the    
arbitration agreement specifically or in
 conjunction with other terms of the    

contract containing such agreement1 and 
irrespective of whether the agreement   
purports to delegate such determinations
 to an arbitrator4  4  7#b7 ,clerical   
amendment ,the table of contents in     
section #a of such ,act is amended by   
adding at the end the following new     
item3  ,sec4 #gbf4 ,prohibition on      
inclusion of certain requirements in    
health insurance contracts4  4  7c7     
,,irc  7#a7 ,in general ,subchapter ,b  
of chapter #ajj of the ,internal        
,revenue ,code of #aihf is amended by   
adding at the end the following new     
section3  #ihbf4 ,prohibition on        
inclusion of certain requirements in    
health insurance contracts  7a7         
,prohibition on mandatory predispute    
arbitration ,a group health plan shall  
not include any predispute arbitration  
clause that requires the arbitration of 
claims under such plan4  7b7            
,prohibition on limitation of class     
actions ,a group health plan shall not  
include any limitation on the ability of

 an enrollee of such plan to engage in a
 class action lawsuit relating to the   
administration of such plan4  7c7       
,applicability ,an issue as to whether  
this section applies with respect to a  
dispute shall be determined under       
,federal law4 ,the applicability of this
 section to an agreement to arbitrate   
and the validity and enforceability of  
an agreement to which this section      
applies shall be determined by a court1 
rather than an arbitrator1 irrespective 
of whether the party resisting          
arbitration challenges the arbitration  
agreement specifically or in conjunction
 with other terms of the contract       
containing such agreement1 and          
irrespective of whether the agreement   
purports to delegate such determinations
 to an arbitrator4  4  7#b7 ,clerical   
amendment ,the table of sections for    
such subchapter is amended by adding at 
the end the following new item3  ,sec4  
#ihbf4 ,prohibition on inclusion of     
certain requirements in health insurance

 contracts4  4