CHAPTER NUMBER: 161 
File Code: Health Maintenance Organizations
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 783  
- Sponsored By: 
 - 
Senators Bromwell, Dorman, Hafer, Roesser, Trotter, Derr, Astle,
Teitelbaum, Hoffman, Hollinger,
 and Forehand
 
- Entitled: 
 - 
Health Maintenance Organizations - Referrals to Continuing Care
Facilities
 
Requiring a primary care physician to refer, if medically appropriate,
a subscriber or an enrollee of a health maintenance organization, who
is a resident of a continuing care facility and who has received
services at an acute care health care facility, to a skilled nursing
unit at the resident's continuing care facility for the provision of
specified health care services under specified circumstances.
Senate Action
- 1/24
 - First Reading Finance
 - 1/28
 - Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 3/10
 - Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
 - 3/11
 - Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed with Amendments
 - 3/13
 - Third Reading Passed (47-0)
 - 4/3
 - Senate Concur - House Amendment
 -      Third Reading Passed (45-0)
 -      Passed Enrolled
 - 4/29
 - Signed by the Governor Chapter 161
 
House Action
- 3/14
 - First Reading Economic Matters
 - 3/17
 - Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 4/1
 - Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters
 - 3/28
 - Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed with Amendments
 - 3/29
 - Third Reading Passed with Amendments (137-0)
 
- Sponsored by:
 - Senator Thomas L. Bromwell, District 8
 - Senator John C. Astle, District 30
 - Senator John W. Derr, District 3
 - Senator Arthur Dorman, District 21
 - Senator Jennie M. Forehand, District 17
 - Senator John J. Hafer, District 1
 - Senator Barbara A. Hoffman, District 42
 - Senator Paula Colodny Hollinger, District 11
 - Senator Jean W. Roesser, District 15
 - Senator Leonard H. Teitelbaum, District 19
 - Senator Decatur W. Trotter, District 24
 
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
 - ADVERTISING -see also- LABELING; SIGNS AND BILLBOARDS
 - CONTINUING CARE
 - HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS
 - HEALTH OCCUPATIONS
 - PHYSICIANS
 
- Bill affects the following Statute:
 -   Health - General
 - (
 19-712.6 
)
 
- Bill Text:
 -  First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled (PDF) 
 - Fiscal Note:
 Available (PDF) 
Amendments: 
- Senate
 - Number: 857549/1 (PDF) Offered on: MARCH 11, 1997     at: 12:10
 Status: Adopted         
 - House 
 - Number: 463563/1 (PDF) Offered on: APRIL 1, 1997      at: 10:30
 Status: Adopted