1996 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 1010

File Code: Insurance - Health and Life
Sponsored By:
Delegates Pitkin, Parker, Dewberry, B. Hughes, Palumbo, Benson, Kagan, Cadden, Conway, Goldwater, Hubbard, Menes, Proctor, Franchot, Crumlin, Vallario, McIntosh, Bobo, Exum, Pendergrass, Turner, Frush, Hurson, Edwards, Branch, Stocksdale, Harrison, Petzold, and Kopp
Entitled:
Insurance Identification Cards - Living Wills

Synopsis:

Requiring insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide insureds with insurance identification cards; requiring insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to ask insureds if they have living wills; and requiring specified information to be on the insurance identification card; etc.

Legislative History

House Action
2/2
First Reading Economic Matters
2/8
Re-assigned Environmental Matters
2/14
Hearing 3/5 at 1:00 p.m.
3/15
Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters
Senate Action
No Action
Sponsored by:
Delegate Joan B. Pitkin, District 23
Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24
Delegate Elizabeth Bobo, District 12B
Delegate Talmadge Branch, District 45
Delegate Joan Cadden, District 31
Delegate Norman H. Conway, District 38
Delegate Michael A. Crumlin, District 25
Delegate Thomas E. Dewberry, District 47B
Delegate George C. Edwards, District 1A
Delegate Nathaniel Exum, District 24
Delegate Peter Franchot, District 20
Delegate Barbara Frush, District 21
Delegate Marilyn Goldwater, District 16
Delegate Hattie N. Harrison, District 45
Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23
Delegate Brenda B. Hughes, District 25
Delegate John Adams Hurson, District 18
Delegate Cheryl C. Kagan, District 17
Delegate Nancy K. Kopp, District 16
Delegate Maggie L. McIntosh, District 42
Delegate Pauline H. Menes, District 21
Delegate Richard A. Palumbo, District 22A
Delegate Joan N. Parker, District 10
Delegate Shane Pendergrass, District 13A
Delegate Carol Stoker Petzold, District 19
Delegate James E. Proctor, Jr., District 27A
Delegate Nancy Reter Stocksdale, District 5
Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13A
Delegate Joseph F. Vallario, Jr., District 27A
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
DEATH -see also- WRONGFUL DEATH
HEALTH -see also- MENTAL HEALTH
HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS
IDENTIFICATION
INSURANCE-HEALTH -see also- HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS
Bill affects the following Statutes:
Health Occupations
( 19-706 )
Article - 48A Insurance Code
( 490FF )

Documents:

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

Amendments: None available