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2022 SESSION
SB 422 Health insurance; tobacco surcharge.
Introduced by: John S. Edwards (by request) | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Health insurance; tobacco surcharge. Eliminates the authority of a health carrier to vary its premium rates based on tobacco use. Under current law, a health carrier may charge premium rates up to 1.5 times higher for a tobacco user than for a nonuser. This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Health Care, and the provisions of the bill shall apply to health benefit plans providing individual or small group health insurance coverage beginning on January 1, 2023. This bill is identical to HB 675.
FULL TEXT
- 01/11/22 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103427D pdf | impact statement
- 01/27/22 Senate: Printed as engrossed 22103427D-E pdf | impact statement
- 03/10/22 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB422ER) pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/11/22 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103427D
- 01/11/22 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 01/24/22 Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (10-Y 4-N 1-A)
- 01/26/22 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/22 Senate: Read second time
- 01/27/22 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 01/27/22 Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 01/27/22 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB422E
- 01/27/22 Senate: Printed as engrossed 22103427D-E
- 01/28/22 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 1-N)
- 02/21/22 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/21/22 House: Read first time
- 02/21/22 House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy
- 03/03/22 House: Reported from Commerce and Energy (19-Y 3-N)
- 03/07/22 House: Read second time
- 03/08/22 House: Read third time
- 03/08/22 House: Passed House (61-Y 37-N)
- 03/08/22 House: VOTE: Passage (61-Y 37-N)
- 03/10/22 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/10/22 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB422ER)
- 03/10/22 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/10/22 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/22/22 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- 03/22/22 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- 04/11/22 Governor: Vetoed by Governor
- 04/27/22 Senate: Motion to pass in enrolled form rejected (21-Y 19-N)
- 04/27/22 Senate: Requires 2/3 affirmative votes to pass in enrolled form
- 04/27/22 Senate: Senate sustained Governor's veto