CHAPTER NUMBER: 217
File Code: Insurance - Health and Life
Prior Year Introduction As: HB 192/96 - ECM
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Goldwater, Bobo, Frush, Grosfeld, Kopp,
Nathan-Pulliam, Petzold, Pitkin, Walkup, Cryor, and Pendergrass
- Entitled:
-
Osteoporosis Prevention and Treatment Education Act
Requiring coverage for reimbursement for bone mass measurement for
specified individuals when the bone mass measurement is requested by a
health care provider for the qualified individual; and requiring
health maintenance organizations, health insurers, and nonprofit
health service plans to provide specified coverage for specified
individuals for a specified procedure used to identify bone mass or
detect bone loss for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of
osteoporosis.
House Action
- 1/14
- First Reading Economic Matters
- 1/29
- Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/20
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/21
- Third Reading Passed (106-27)
- 4/1
- House Refuses to Concur - Senate Amendments
- House Requests Senate Recede
- Conference Committee Appointed ...
- Delegates Donoghue, Eckardt, Crumlin
- 4/5
- Conference Committee Report Adopted
- Third Reading Passed (104-13)
- 4/7
- Passed Enrolled
- 4/29
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 217
Senate Action
- 3/24
- First Reading Finance
- 3/25
- Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/4
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 4/5
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (43-0)
- Senate Refuses to Recede
- Conference Committee Appointed ...
- Senators Young, Hafer, Dorman
- 4/7
- Conference Committee Report Adopted
- Third Reading Passed (44-0)
- Sponsored by:
- Delegate Marilyn R. Goldwater, District 16
- Delegate Elizabeth Bobo, District 12B
- Delegate Jean B. Cryor, District 15
- Delegate Barbara Frush, District 21
- Delegate Sharon M. Grosfeld, District 18
- Delegate Nancy K. Kopp, District 16
- Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10
- Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13A
- Delegate Carol Stoker Petzold, District 19
- Delegate Joan B. Pitkin, District 23
- Delegate Mary Roe Walkup, District 36
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- DISEASES -see also- AIDS
- ELDERLY PERSONS
- HEALTH -see also- MENTAL HEALTH
- HEALTH INSURANCE -see also- HMO; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS.
- HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS
- RADIATION
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Health - General
- (
19-706
)
- Insurance
- (
15-822
)
- Bill Text:
- First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled (PDF)
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
Amendments:
- House
- Number: 893169/2 (PDF) Offered on: MARCH 20, 1997 at: 10:59
Status: Adopted
- Senate
- Number: 007547/1 (PDF) Offered on: APRIL 4, 1997 at: 12:52
Status: Adopted
Conference Committee Documents:
- Report Number: 612194/1 (PDF) Offered on: APRIL 7, 1997 at: 22:46
Status: Adopted