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2024 SESSION

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SB 543 Health insurance; patient access to emergency services, mobile crisis response services.

Introduced by: Lamont Bagby | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Health insurance; emergency services; mobile crisis response services. Provides that emergency services, with respect to an emergency medical condition, include, as it relates to any mental health services or substance abuse services rendered at a behavioral health crisis service provider, (i) a behavioral health assessment that is within the capability of a behavioral health crisis service provider, including ancillary services routinely available to evaluate such emergency medical condition, and (ii) such further examination and treatment, to the extent that they are within the capabilities of the staff and facilities available at the behavioral health crisis service provider, as are required so that the patient's condition does not deteriorate. This bill is identical to HB 601.

FULL TEXT

• 01/10/24  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103447D  pdf | impact statement
• 02/05/24  Senate: Committee substitute printed 24107088D-S1  pdf | impact statement
• 03/04/24  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB543ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 04/02/24  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0360)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• House amendments adopted
• House amendments engrossed

HISTORY

• 01/10/24  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103447D
• 01/10/24  Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
• 02/05/24  Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/05/24  Senate: Committee substitute printed 24107088D-S1
• 02/05/24  Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
• 02/08/24  Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/09/24  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/12/24  Senate: Read second time
• 02/12/24  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 02/12/24  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 24107088D-S1
• 02/12/24  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB543S1
• 02/12/24  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/12/24  Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/15/24  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/15/24  House: Read first time
• 02/15/24  House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
• 02/20/24  House: Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
• 02/22/24  House: Read second time
• 02/23/24  House: Read third time
• 02/23/24  House: Committee amendments agreed to
• 02/23/24  House: Engrossed by House as amended
• 02/23/24  House: Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
• 02/23/24  House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
• 02/27/24  Senate: House amendments agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 03/04/24  Senate: Enrolled
• 03/04/24  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB543ER)
• 03/04/24  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/07/24  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/11/24  Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
• 03/11/24  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
• 04/02/24  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 360 (effective 7/1/24)
• 04/02/24  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0360)