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2003 SESSION

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SB 1081 Health insurance; mandated coverage for morbid obesity treatment.

Introduced by: Benjamin J. Lambert III | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Health insurance; mandated coverage for morbid obesity treatment. Requires that the standards and criteria, including those related to diet, used by insurers to approve or restrict access to surgery for morbid obesity shall be based upon current clinical guidelines recognized by the National Institutes of Health. This is intended to clarify whether insurers can consider dietary standards.

FULL TEXT

• 01/08/03  Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/08/03 038044452  pdf | impact statement
• 02/24/03  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1081ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 03/26/03  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0462)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/08/03  Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/08/03 038044452
• 01/08/03  Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
• 01/16/03  Senate: Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N)
• 01/17/03  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 01/17/03  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (39-Y 0-N)
• 01/20/03  Senate: Read second time and engrossed
• 01/21/03  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 01/21/03  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (39-Y 0-N)
• 01/24/03  House: Placed on Calendar
• 01/24/03  House: Read first time
• 01/24/03  House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
• 02/11/03  House: Reported from Commerce and Labor (21-Y 0-N)
• 02/13/03  House: Read second time
• 02/14/03  House: Read third time
• 02/14/03  House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/14/03  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/24/03  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1081ER)
• 02/26/03  House: Enrolled
• 02/26/03  House: Signed by Speaker
• 02/27/03  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/16/03  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 462 (effective 7/1/03)
• 03/26/03  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0462)