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1999 SESSION

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HB 2385 Health insurance; requirements for obstetrical care coverage.

Introduced by: Gladys B. Keating | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Accident and sickness insurance; requirements for obstetrical care coverage; durational limits, coinsurance factors, copayments. Requires any (i) insurer issuing individual or group accident and sickness insurance (ii) corporation providing individual or group accident and sickness subscription contract, and (iii) health maintenance organization providing a health care plan for health services whose policies, contracts, or plans, including any certificate or evidence of coverage issued in connection with such policies, contracts or plans, include coverage for obstetrical services as an inpatient in a general hospital or obstetrical services by a physician to provide such benefits with durational limits, deductibles, coinsurance factors, and copayments that are no less favorable than for physical illness generally. The bill has an emergency clause; its provisions will be effective upon enactment.

FULL TEXT

• 01/21/99  House: Presented & ordered printed w/emg. clause 993343320  pdf
• 02/26/99  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2385ER)  pdf
• 04/12/99  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0923)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/21/99  House: Presented & ordered printed w/emg. clause 993343320
• 01/21/99  House: Referred to Committee on Corporations, Insurance and Banking
• 01/26/99  House: Reported from Corp., Ins. & Banking (25-Y 0-N)
• 01/27/99  House: Read first time
• 01/28/99  House: Read second time and engrossed
• 01/29/99  House: Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N)
• 01/29/99  House: VOTE: PASSAGE EMERGENCY (98-Y 0-N 1-A)
• 01/29/99  House: Communicated to Senate
• 02/01/99  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/01/99  Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
• 02/15/99  Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/16/99  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/16/99  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/17/99  Senate: Read third time
• 02/17/99  Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/17/99  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/26/99  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2385ER)
• 03/01/99  House: Enrolled
• 03/01/99  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/03/99  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/29/99  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 923 (effective 3/29/99)
• 04/12/99  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0923)