CHAPTER NUMBER: 357
File Code: Insurance - Health and Life
Prior Year Introduction As: SB 497/96 - FIN
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 428
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Goldwater, Barve, Busch,
Gordon, Donoghue, Boston, Krysiak, Exum, Kirk, Crumlin, Frank,
Pendergrass, Fulton, and Harrison
- Entitled:
-
Health Insurance - Mandated Coverage - Prostate Cancer
Requiring specified insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and
health maintenance organizations to provide coverage to men of a
specified age for medically recognized diagnostic tests used to detect
prostate cancer, including a digital rectal examination and a
prostate-specific antigen test.
House Action
- 2/3
- First Reading Economic Matters
- 2/4
- 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 (112-19)
- 4/1
- Returned Passed
- 5/8
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 357
Senate Action
- 3/24
- First Reading Finance
- 3/25
- Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/3
- Favorable Report by Finance
- 4/4
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 4/5
- Third Reading Passed (44-1)
- Sponsored by:
- Delegate Marilyn R. Goldwater, District 16
- Delegate Kumar P. Barve, District 17
- Delegate Frank D. Boston, Jr., District 41
- Delegate Michael Erin Busch, District 30
- Delegate Michael A. Crumlin, District 25
- Delegate John P. Donoghue, District 2C
- Delegate Nathaniel Exum, District 24
- Delegate Robert L. Frank, District 11
- Delegate Tony Edward Fulton, District 40
- Delegate Michael R. Gordon, District 17
- Delegate Hattie N. Harrison, District 45
- Delegate Ruth M. Kirk, District 44
- Delegate Carolyn J. Krysiak, District 46
- Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13A
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- CHEMICAL TESTS
- DISEASES -see also- AIDS
- HEALTH INSURANCE -see also- HMO; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS.
- HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Health - General
- (
19-706
)
- Insurance
- (
15-822
)
- Bill Text:
- First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
Amendments:
- House
- Number: 713766/1 (PDF) Offered on: MARCH 20, 1997 at: 11:04
Status: Adopted