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Legislation


1999 Regular Session

SENATE BILL 520

File Code: Health Maintenance Organizations Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 676
Sponsored By:
Senators Astle and Kelley
Entitled:
Health Maintenance Organizations - Enrollees and Subscribers - Private Contracts for Health Care Services

Synopsis:

Narrowing the scope of a provision that provides that an enrollee or subscriber of a health maintenance organization (HMO) is not liable to any health care provider for specified services to make this provision applicable only to a health care provider under written contract with the HMO; establishing that an enrollee or subscriber of an HMO is not prohibited from privately contracting with a health care provider who is not under contract with the HMO for the provision of health care services; etc.

History by Legislative Date

Senate Action
2/5
First Reading Finance
2/9
Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.
3/29
Unfavorable Report by Finance
House Action
No Action
Sponsored by:
Senator John C. Astle, District 30
Senator Delores G. Kelley, District 10
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
CONTRACTS -see also- LAND INSTALLMENT CONTRACTS; PROCUREMENT
HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS -see also- MAN. CARE ORGS
HEALTH OCCUPATIONS
LIABILITY -see also- GOOD SAMARITAN
PATIENTS
Bill affects the following Statutes:
Health - General
( 19-710 , 19-710.1 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading, Enrolled
Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)

Amendments: None offered
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