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2001 SESSION

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HB 1800 Health insurance; additional care by obstetrician-gynecologists.

Introduced by: Phillip A. Hamilton | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Health insurance; additional care by obstetrician-gynecologists. Eliminates a health insurer's authority to require that a patient have an office visit to the primary care physician before the patient may be referred to a specialist by her obstetrician-gynecologist. Prior consultation and authorization by the primary care physician may still be required, and the bill provides that such consultation may be made electronically.

FULL TEXT

• 01/10/01  House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/03/01 015843760  pdf
• 01/23/01  House: Committee substitute printed 010236760-H1  pdf
• 02/21/01  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1800ER)  pdf
• 03/14/01  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0099)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/10/01  House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/03/01 015843760
• 01/10/01  House: Referred to Committee on Corporations, Insurance and Banking
• 01/17/01  House: Assigned to C. I. B. sub-committee: 3
• 01/23/01  House: Committee substitute printed 010236760-H1
• 01/23/01  House: Reported from C. I. B. w/sub (25-Y 0-N)
• 01/24/01  House: Read first time
• 01/25/01  House: Read second time
• 01/25/01  House: Committee substitute agreed to 010236760-H1
• 01/25/01  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute 010236760-H1
• 01/26/01  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
• 01/26/01  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
• 01/26/01  House: Communicated to Senate
• 01/29/01  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 01/29/01  Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
• 02/12/01  Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/13/01  Senate: Const. reading disp., passed by for the day (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/13/01  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/14/01  Senate: Read third time
• 02/14/01  Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/14/01  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/21/01  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1800ER)
• 02/22/01  House: Enrolled
• 02/22/01  House: Signed by Speaker
• 02/22/01  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/13/01  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 99 (effective 7/1/01)
• 03/14/01  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0099)