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SB 780 Accident and sickness insurance, individual; open enrollment program.
Introduced by: John C. Watkins | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Individual accident and sickness insurance; open enrollment program. Repeals the requirement that a health insurer that is, or is successor to, a health services plan provide an open enrollment program for individual accident and sickness contracts. Under the open enrollment program, an individual may purchase a product at any time during the year, with the caveat that the individual serve a 12-month waiting period before services are covered for any preexisting condition. The requirement for such an open enrollment program is inconsistent with guaranteed issue provisions of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that prohibit waiting periods for coverage for preexisting conditions and that provide for limited open enrollment periods. The measure also eliminates certain provisions that set a tax rate of 0.75 percent on premiums from policies sold under the open enrollment program, and for taxable years 2013 and thereafter the tax rate will be 2.25 percent. The measure will become effective January 1, 2014. The bill is identical to HB 1784.
FULL TEXT
- 12/18/12 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13101169D pdf | impact statement
- 02/19/13 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB780ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/12/13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0136) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 12/18/12 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13101169D
- 12/18/12 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 01/14/13 Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N)
- 01/14/13 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 01/23/13 Senate: Reported from Finance (14-Y 0-N)
- 01/24/13 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/25/13 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/28/13 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/13 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/02/13 House: Read first time
- 02/02/13 House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/07/13 House: Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (20-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/13 House: Read second time
- 02/12/13 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/13/13 House: Read third time
- 02/13/13 House: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/13/13 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 02/13/13 House: Passed House with amendment (89-Y 9-N)
- 02/13/13 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (89-Y 9-N)
- 02/13/13 Senate: Passed by temporarily
- 02/13/13 Senate: House amendment agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/13 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/19/13 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB780ER)
- 02/19/13 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/20/13 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/12/13 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 136 (effective 1/1/14)
- 03/12/13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0136)