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1995 SESSION
SB 979 Health insurance; ambulance services.
Introduced by: Elliot S. Schewel | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY:
Accident and sickness insurance; ambulance services. Requires health insurers, HMOs and corporations providing accident and sickness subscription contracts to provide direct reimbursement to ambulance services providers. To obtain direct reimbursement, however, the ambulance service provider must present an assignment of benefits to the insurer, HMO or corporation. Ambulance services are defined by the bill as the transportation of individuals requiring resuscitation or emergency relief where human life is endangered via any ambulance, rescue or life-saving vehicle. The term is also defined to include the use of emergency medical services ambulances and mobile intensive care units.
FULL TEXT
- 01/23/95 Senate: Presented & ordered printed LD3405733 pdf
- 01/30/95 Senate: Committee substitute printed LD0282733-S1 pdf
- 02/27/95 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB979ER) pdf
- 03/23/95 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0420) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/23/95 Senate: Presented & ordered printed LD3405733
- 01/23/95 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 01/30/95 Senate: Reported from C. & L. with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/95 Senate: Committee substitute printed LD0282733-S1
- 01/31/95 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/95 Senate: VOTE: CONST. READING DISPENSED (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/95 Senate: Read second time
- 02/01/95 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/01/95 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to LD0282733-S1
- 02/01/95 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - comm. sub. LD0282733-S1
- 02/01/95 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/95 Senate: VOTE: CONST. READING DISPENSED (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/95 Senate: Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/95 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/95 Senate: Rec. of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/95 Senate: VOTE: RECONSIDER (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/95 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/95 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/95 Senate: Communicated to House
- 02/02/95 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/03/95 House: Read first time
- 02/03/95 House: Referred to Committee on Corporations, Insurance and Banking
- 02/14/95 House: Reported from C. I. B. w/amd. (20-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/95 House: Read second time
- 02/16/95 House: Read third time
- 02/16/95 House: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/16/95 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 02/16/95 House: Passed House with amendment (Block Vote) (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/95 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/95 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/20/95 Senate: House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/95 Senate: VOTE: CONCUR HOUSE AMENDMENT (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/95 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB979ER)
- 03/06/95 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/06/95 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/07/95 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/20/95 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 420 (effective 7/1/95)
- 03/23/95 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0420)