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2000 SESSION

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SB 79 Payment of attorney's fees for certain health services plans.

Introduced by: Richard J. Holland | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Payment of attorney's fees; health services plans, health maintenance organizations, legal services plans, and dental and optometric plans. Subjects health services plans, health maintenance organizations, legal services plans, and dental and optometric plans to payment of the reasonable attorney's fees of insured individuals in civil suits to determine the extent of coverage, if a court determines that such an entity did not act in good faith in denying coverage or failing or refusing to make payment under a policy.

FULL TEXT

• 01/12/00  Senate: Presented & ordered printed 003306254  pdf
• 02/22/00  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB79ER)  pdf
• 03/10/00  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0050)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/12/00  Senate: Presented & ordered printed 003306254
• 01/12/00  Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
• 01/17/00  Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
• 01/18/00  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 01/18/00  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (38-Y 0-N)
• 01/19/00  Senate: Read second time and engrossed
• 01/20/00  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 01/20/00  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (39-Y 0-N)
• 01/20/00  Senate: Communicated to House
• 02/01/00  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/01/00  House: Read first time
• 02/01/00  House: Referred to Committee on Corporations, Insurance and Banking
• 02/17/00  House: Reported from Corp., Ins. & Banking (24-Y 0-N)
• 02/18/00  House: Read second time
• 02/21/00  House: Read third time
• 02/21/00  House: Passed House (Block Vote) (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/21/00  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/22/00  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB79ER)
• 02/28/00  Senate: Enrolled
• 02/28/00  House: Signed by Speaker
• 02/29/00  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/09/00  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 50 (effective 7/1/00)
• 03/10/00  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0050)