File Code: Insurance - Health and Life
- Sponsored By:
-
Senator Dorman
- Entitled:
-
Health Insurance - Benefits for Mental Illness - Referral for
Consultation or Specialty Services
Prohibiting health insurance benefits, including benefits provided
under a contract or certificate issued by a health maintenance
organization, for diagnosis and treatment of specified mental
illnesses from being subject, for purposes of a specified referral for
consultation or specialty services, to a requirement that the
individual see or obtain the approval of a health care provider in
addition to the individual's primary care provider, unless benefits
for physical illnesses are subject to the same requirement.
Senate Action
- 1/29
- First Reading Finance
- Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/21
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/24
- Third Reading Passed (44-1)
House Action
- 3/22
- First Reading Economic Matters
- 3/26
- Hearing 4/1 at 1:00 p.m.
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- ALCOHOLISM
- CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES -see also- DRUGS
- DRUGS -see also-CONTROLLED DANG.SUBST.;DRUNK & DRUGGED DRIVG
- HEALTH INSURANCE -see also- HMO; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS.
- HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS
- HEALTH OCCUPATIONS
- MENTAL HEALTH
- PHYSICIANS
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Health - General
- (
19-703.1 ,
19-703.1
)
- Insurance
- (
15-802 ,
15-802
)
- Bill Text:
- First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
Amendments:
- Senate
- Number: 407447/1 (PDF) Offered on: MARCH 21, 1997 at: 13:11
Status: Adopted