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1999 SESSION

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SB 770 Health insurance; coverage for the treatment of morbid obesity.

Introduced by: Benjamin J. Lambert III | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Accident and sickness insurance; coverage for the treatment of morbid obesity. Requires health insurers, health maintenance organizations and corporations providing accident and sickness subscription contracts to provide coverage for the treatment of morbid obesity. The bill’s provisions are applicable to policies, plans and contracts delivered, issued for delivery or renewed on and after July 1, 1999. They are not applicable to short-term travel, accident-only, limited or specified disease policies, or to short-term nonrenewable policies of not more than six months’ duration.

FULL TEXT

• 01/13/99  Senate: Presented & ordered printed 993342693  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/13/99  Senate: Presented & ordered printed 993342693
• 01/13/99  Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
• 01/18/99  Senate: Left in Commerce and Labor
• 01/18/99  Senate: Letter-Special Advisory Comm. on Mandated Health Benefits