Health Care Quality and Access Act of 1999

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Health Care Quality and Access Act of 1999 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to revise provisions relating to group health plans. Title I: Patient Right to Unrestricted Medical Advice - Prohibits a group health plan, or a health insurance issuer offering group coverage, from imposing on a health professional any restriction on advice provided to a participant or beneficiary. Title II: Patient Right to Emergency Medical Care - Requires a group health plan or issuer, if it provides benefits for emergencies, to provide benefits (without preauthorization and without regard to network limitations) for emergency medical screening examinations if a prudent layperson would determine them necessary. Title III: Patient Right to Obstetric and Gynecological Care - Requires 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. Title IV: Patient …