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2023 SESSION
SB 1011 Health insurance; tobacco surcharge.
Introduced by: John S. Edwards | 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. The provisions of the bill apply to health benefit plans providing individual or small group health insurance coverage entered into, amended, extended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2024. The bill directs the State Corporation Commission to submit an annual report summarizing the reductions in premiums related to the elimination of the tobacco surcharge. The provisions of the bill expire on January 1, 2026. This bill is identical to HB 1375.
FULL TEXT
- 01/06/23 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101373D pdf | impact statement
- 01/19/23 Senate: Printed as engrossed 23101373D-E pdf | impact statement
- 02/24/23 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1011ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/27/23 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0683) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/06/23 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101373D
- 01/06/23 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 01/16/23 Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/18/23 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- 01/19/23 Senate: Read second time
- 01/19/23 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 01/19/23 Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 01/19/23 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1011E
- 01/19/23 Senate: Printed as engrossed 23101373D-E
- 01/20/23 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/23 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/09/23 House: Read first time
- 02/09/23 House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy
- 02/16/23 House: Reported from Commerce and Energy (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/23 House: Read second time
- 02/21/23 House: Read third time
- 02/21/23 House: Passed House (91-Y 5-N)
- 02/21/23 House: VOTE: Passage (91-Y 5-N)
- 02/24/23 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/24/23 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1011ER)
- 02/24/23 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/24/23 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/02/23 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023
- 03/02/23 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
- 03/27/23 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 683 (effective 7/1/23)
- 03/27/23 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0683)