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2019 SESSION
HB 1915 Cancer patients; expedited review of adverse coverage determinations.
Introduced by: David E. Yancey | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS ENACTED WITH GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION: (all summaries)
Expedited review of adverse coverage determinations; cancer patients. Provides that a covered person shall not be required to have exhausted his health carrier's internal appeal process before seeking an external review of an adverse determination regarding coverage of treatment if the treatment is to treat his cancer. The measure provides that a covered person may request an expedited external review if the adverse determination relates to the treatment of a cancer of the covered person. The measure requires health carriers' notices of the right to an external review to notify covered persons of this provision. The bill contains an emergency clause and is identical to SB 1161.
FULL TEXT
- 01/04/19 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101240D pdf | impact statement
- 01/31/19 House: Committee substitute printed 19105930D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/19/19 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1915ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/03/19 House: Reenrolled bill text (HB1915ER2) pdf
- 04/03/19 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0826) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- Governor's recommendation
HISTORY
- 01/04/19 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101240D
- 01/04/19 House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 01/10/19 House: Assigned C & L sub: Subcommittee #1
- 01/29/19 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/19 House: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (19-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/19 House: Committee substitute printed 19105930D-H1
- 02/03/19 House: Read first time
- 02/04/19 House: Read second time
- 02/04/19 House: Committee substitute agreed to 19105930D-H1
- 02/04/19 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1915H1
- 02/05/19 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/19 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/19 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/06/19 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/11/19 Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (13-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/19 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/19 Senate: Read third time
- 02/14/19 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/19 House: Enrolled
- 02/19/19 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1915ER)
- 02/19/19 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/20/19 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/21/19 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 21, 2019
- 02/21/19 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- 03/21/19 House: Governor's recommendation received by House
- 04/03/19 House: Placed on Calendar
- 04/03/19 House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (98-Y 0-N)
- 04/03/19 House: VOTE: ADOPTION EMERGENCY (98-Y 0-N)
- 04/03/19 Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (38-Y 0-N)
- 04/03/19 Governor: Emergency clause added by Governor's recommendation
- 04/03/19 Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
- 04/03/19 House: Reenrolled
- 04/03/19 House: Reenrolled bill text (HB1915ER2)
- 04/03/19 House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 04/03/19 Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 04/03/19 House: Enacted, Chapter 826 (effective 4/3/19)
- 04/03/19 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0826)