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1997 SESSION
HB 2716 Health and related insurance for state employees.
Introduced by: Mary T. Christian | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY:
Health and related insurance for state employees; coverage for early intervention services. Requires the state employee health insurance plan to cover medically necessary early intervention services. "Early intervention services" means medically necessary speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and assistive technology services and devices for dependents from birth to age 3 who are certified by the Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services as eligible for services under Part H of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. § 1471 et seq.). "Medically necessary early intervention services for the population certified by the department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation, and Substance Abuse Services" means those services designed to help an individual attain or retain the capability to function age appropriately within his environment, and includes services which enhance functional ability without effecting a cure. This bill also requires that the cost of these medically necessary early intervention services not be applied to any contractual provision limiting the total amount of coverage paid by the insurer to or on behalf of the insured during the insured's lifetime. For persons previously covered under the plan, there may be no denial of coverage due to preexisting conditions.
FULL TEXT
- 01/20/97 House: Presented & ordered printed 978044148 pdf
- 02/03/97 House: Printed as engrossed 978044148-E pdf
- 02/25/97 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2716ER) pdf
- 03/19/97 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0468) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/20/97 House: Presented & ordered printed 978044148
- 01/20/97 House: Referred to Committee on Corporations, Insurance and Banking
- 01/30/97 House: Reported from C. I. B. w/amds. (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/97 House: Read first time
- 02/01/97 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/02/97 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/03/97 House: Read second time
- 02/03/97 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/03/97 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 02/03/97 House: Printed as engrossed 978044148-E
- 02/04/97 House: Read third time and passed House (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/97 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/97 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/05/97 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/97 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 02/12/97 Senate: Reported from General Laws (12-Y 0-N 3-A)
- 02/13/97 Senate: Const. reading disp., passed by for the day (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/97 Senate: VOTE: CONST. READING DISPENSED (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/97 Senate: Reconsideration of passed by for the day (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/97 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/97 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/14/97 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/17/97 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/18/97 Senate: Read third time
- 02/18/97 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/97 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/97 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2716ER)
- 03/04/97 House: Enrolled
- 03/05/97 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/06/97 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/16/97 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 468 (effective 7/1/97)
- 03/19/97 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0468)