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2023 SESSION

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HB 1375 Health insurance; tobacco surcharge.

Introduced by: Karen S. Greenhalgh | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Health insurance; tobacco surcharge. Eliminates the authority of a health carrier to vary its premium rates based on tobacco use. Under current law, a health carrier may charge premium rates up to 1.5 times higher for a tobacco user than for a nonuser. The provisions of the bill apply to health benefit plans providing individual or small group health insurance coverage entered into, amended, extended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2024. The bill directs the State Corporation Commission to submit an annual report summarizing the reductions in premiums related to the elimination of the tobacco surcharge. The provisions of the bill expire on January 1, 2026. This bill is identical to SB 1011.

FULL TEXT

• 10/17/22  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100197D  pdf | impact statement
• 01/24/23  House: Printed as engrossed 23100197D-E  pdf | impact statement
• 02/23/23  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1375ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 03/27/23  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0682)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
• House amendments adopted
• Senate amendments
• Senate amendments engrossed

HISTORY

• 10/17/22  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100197D
• 10/17/22  House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy
• 01/12/23  House: Assigned sub: Subcommittee #1
• 01/17/23  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 1-N)
• 01/19/23  House: Reported from Commerce and Energy with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
• 01/23/23  House: Read first time
• 01/24/23  House: Read second time
• 01/24/23  House: Committee amendment agreed to
• 01/24/23  House: Engrossed by House as amended HB1375E
• 01/24/23  House: Printed as engrossed 23100197D-E
• 01/25/23  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
• 01/25/23  House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
• 01/26/23  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 01/26/23  Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
• 02/13/23  Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/15/23  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/16/23  Senate: Read third time
• 02/16/23  Senate: Reading of amendment waived
• 02/16/23  Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
• 02/16/23  Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 02/16/23  Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/20/23  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/20/23  House: Senate amendment agreed to by House (96-Y 1-N)
• 02/20/23  House: VOTE: Adoption (96-Y 1-N)
• 02/23/23  House: Enrolled
• 02/23/23  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1375ER)
• 02/23/23  House: Signed by Speaker
• 02/25/23  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/02/23  House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023
• 03/02/23  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
• 03/27/23  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 682 (effective 7/1/23)
• 03/27/23  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0682)