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2022 SESSION

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HB 675 Health insurance; tobacco surcharge.

Introduced by: Patrick A. Hope | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (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 SB 422.

FULL TEXT

• 01/11/22  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101246D  pdf | impact statement
• 02/04/22  House: Printed as engrossed 22101246D-E  pdf | impact statement
• 02/28/22  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB675ER)  pdf | impact statement

AMENDMENTS

• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
• House amendments adopted
• Governor's veto explanation

HISTORY

• 01/11/22  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101246D
• 01/11/22  House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy
• 01/20/22  House: Assigned sub: Subcommittee #2
• 01/27/22  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (10-Y 0-N)
• 02/01/22  House: Reported from Commerce and Energy with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N)
• 02/03/22  House: Read first time
• 02/04/22  House: Read second time
• 02/04/22  House: Committee amendment agreed to
• 02/04/22  House: Engrossed by House as amended HB675E
• 02/04/22  House: Printed as engrossed 22101246D-E
• 02/07/22  House: Read third time and passed House (72-Y 27-N)
• 02/07/22  House: VOTE: Passage (72-Y 27-N)
• 02/08/22  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/08/22  Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
• 02/21/22  Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/23/22  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/24/22  Senate: Read third time
• 02/24/22  Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/28/22  House: Enrolled
• 02/28/22  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB675ER)
• 02/28/22  House: Signed by Speaker
• 02/28/22  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/11/22  House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
• 03/11/22  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
• 04/11/22  Governor: Vetoed by Governor
• 04/27/22  House: Placed on Calendar
• 04/27/22  House: House sustained Governor's veto (48-Y 52-N)
• 04/28/22  House: VOTE: (48-Y 52-N)