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2006 SESSION

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HB 624 Health insurance; mandated coverage for treatment of morbid obesity.

Introduced by: John M. O'Bannon, III | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Health insurance; mandated coverage for treatment of morbid obesity.  Requires health insurers, health maintenance organizations, and corporations providing healthcare coverage subscription contracts, to provide coverage for the treatment of morbid obesity through recognized surgical procedures designed to produce weight loss in patients with morbid obesity if performed at a Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence. Currently, these entities are required to offer and make available coverage for treatment of morbid obesity.

FULL TEXT

• 01/10/06  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/06 062701440  pdf | impact statement

HISTORY

• 01/10/06  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/06 062701440
• 01/10/06  House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
• 01/26/06  House: Tabled in Commerce and Labor (14-Y 7-N)