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HB 16 Health insurance; payment for services by dentists and oral surgeons.
Introduced by: R. Lee Ware | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Insurance; payment for services by dentists and oral surgeons. Requires that reimbursements payable or paid by a dental plan for covered services be reasonable and not provide nominal reimbursement in order to claim that services are covered services under the applicable dental plan. A reimbursement is reasonable if it is the negotiated fee, rate, or reimbursement methodology that is set forth in the contract between a dental plan and a dentist or oral surgeon and is acceptable to the provider. The measure applies to contracts between a dental plan and a dentist or oral surgeon for the provision of health care to patients that is entered into, amended, extended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2017. The bill contains a delayed effective date of January 1, 2017.
FULL TEXT
- 11/16/15 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100494D pdf | impact statement
- 01/26/16 House: Printed as engrossed 16100494D-E pdf | impact statement
- 03/07/16 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB16ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/29/16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0556) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 11/16/15 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100494D
- 11/16/15 House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 01/21/16 House: Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments (21-Y 0-N)
- 01/25/16 House: Read first time
- 01/26/16 House: Read second time
- 01/26/16 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 01/26/16 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB16E
- 01/26/16 House: Printed as engrossed 16100494D-E
- 01/27/16 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/16 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/28/16 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/29/16 Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N)
- 03/02/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/03/16 Senate: Read third time
- 03/03/16 Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/03/16 Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N)
- 03/03/16 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/16 House: Enrolled
- 03/07/16 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB16ER)
- 03/07/16 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/09/16 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/09/16 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/9/2016
- 03/09/16 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, April 10, 2016
- 03/29/16 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 556 (effective 1/1/17)
- 03/29/16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0556)