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2008 SESSION
HB 504 Health insurance; insurers to offer individual or group exclusive policies or contracts.
Introduced by: Phillip A. Hamilton | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Health insurance; exclusive provider policies or contracts. Authorizes insurers to offer individual or group exclusive provider policies or contracts, which are insurance policies or contracts that condition the payment of benefits on the use of preferred providers. The insurer is required to provide an option in group contracts whereby each enrollee may, at no additional cost to the group contract holder, select a benefit for preferred and nonpreferred providers. Exclusive provider policies or contracts shall provide out-of-network emergency services at the minimum level required by the preferred provider policy or contract.
FULL TEXT
- 01/07/08 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 084554528 pdf | impact statement
- 01/29/08 House: Printed as engrossed 084554528-E pdf | impact statement
- 02/25/08 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB504ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/06/08 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0215) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/07/08 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 084554528
- 01/07/08 House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 01/24/08 House: Assigned C & L sub: 1
- 01/24/08 House: Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/08 House: Read first time
- 01/29/08 House: Read second time
- 01/29/08 House: Committee amendment agreed to
- 01/29/08 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB504E
- 01/29/08 House: Printed as engrossed 084554528-E
- 01/30/08 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/08 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/08 House: Communicated to Senate
- 01/31/08 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/31/08 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/18/08 Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/08 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/08 Senate: Read third time
- 02/21/08 Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/08 Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/08 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/08 House: Enrolled
- 02/25/08 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB504ER)
- 02/25/08 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/26/08 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/03/08 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 215 (effective 7/1/08)
- 03/06/08 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0215)