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SB 1161 Cancer patients; expedited review of adverse coverage determinations.
Introduced by: Frank M. Ruff, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS ENACTED WITH GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION: (all summaries)
Expedited review of adverse coverage determinations; cancer patients. Provides that a covered person shall not be required to have exhausted his health carrier's internal appeal process before seeking an external review of an adverse determination regarding coverage of treatment if the treatment is to treat his cancer. The measure provides that a covered person may request an expedited external review if the adverse determination relates to the treatment of a cancer of the covered person. The measure requires health carriers' notices of the right to an external review to notify covered persons of this provision. The bill has an emergency clause and is identical to HB 1915.
FULL TEXT
- 01/02/19 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103054D pdf | impact statement
- 02/12/19 House: Committee substitute printed 19106460D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/20/19 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1161ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/03/19 Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB1161ER2) pdf
- 04/03/19 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0840) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/02/19 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103054D
- 01/02/19 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 01/31/19 Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (12-Y 1-N)
- 02/01/19 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/19 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/04/19 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/19 Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/19 Senate: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/19 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/19 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/06/19 House: Read first time
- 02/06/19 House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/12/19 House: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/19 House: Committee substitute printed 19106460D-H1
- 02/12/19 House: Read second time
- 02/13/19 House: Read third time
- 02/13/19 House: Committee substitute agreed to 19106460D-H1
- 02/13/19 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1161H1
- 02/13/19 House: Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/19 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/19 Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/19 Senate: Title replaced 19106460D-H1
- 02/20/19 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/20/19 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1161ER)
- 02/20/19 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/20/19 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/27/19 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 27, 2019
- 02/27/19 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- 03/21/19 Senate: Governor's recommendation received by Senate
- 04/03/19 Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (38-Y 0-N)
- 04/03/19 House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (99-Y 0-N)
- 04/03/19 House: VOTE: ADOPTION EMERGENCY (99-Y 0-N)
- 04/03/19 Governor: Emergency clause added by Governor's recommendation
- 04/03/19 Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
- 04/03/19 Senate: Reenrolled
- 04/03/19 Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB1161ER2)
- 04/03/19 Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 04/03/19 House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 04/03/19 House: Enacted, Chapter 840 (effective 4/3/19)
- 04/03/19 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0840)