CHAPTER NUMBER: 363
File Code: Health Maintenance Organizations
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 945
- Sponsored By:
-
Senators Dorman and Hafer
- Entitled:
-
Health Maintenance
Organizations - Access to Services
Requiring health maintenance organizations to promote timely access to
and continuity of health care services for enrollees and members by
providing a 24-hour toll free telephone access system, providing
authorization at the initial telephone access for enrollees and
members who do not have an assigned primary care provider, and
providing for authorization for utilizing the medical or surgical
provider or specialist on call at a hospital under specified
circumstances; etc.
Senate Action
- 1/30
- First Reading Finance
- Hearing 2/6 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 (45-0)
- 4/6
- Senate Concur - House Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (43-0)
- Passed Enrolled
- 5/8
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 363
House Action
- 3/22
- First Reading Environmental Matters
- 3/26
- Hearing 4/1 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/5
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Environmental Matters
- 4/1
- Favorable with Amendments
- Special Order later today (Delegate McHale) Adopted
- 4/3
- Committee Amendment Withdrawn
- Substitute Committee Amendment Adopted
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 4/4
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (138-2)
- Sponsored by:
- Senator Arthur Dorman, District 21
- Senator John J. Hafer, District 1
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- EMERGENCIES -see also- AMBULANCES; RESCUE SQUADS
- HEALTH -see also- MENTAL HEALTH
- HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS
- HEALTH OCCUPATIONS
- HOSPITALS -see also- CLINICS; STATE HOSPITALS
- MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS -see also- HEALTH MAINT. ORGS
- PHYSICIANS
- REPORTS -see also- RECORDS
- TELEPHONES
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Health - General
- (
19-705.1 ,
19-705.6 ,
19-705.7
)
- Bill Text:
- First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled (PDF)
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
Amendments:
- Senate
- Number: 227048/1 (PDF) Offered on: MARCH 21, 1997 at: 13:14
Status: Adopted
- House
- Number: 509479/1 (PDF) Offered on: APRIL 7, 1997 at: 11:48
Status: Withdrawn
- Number: 759376/2 (PDF) Offered on: APRIL 7, 1997 at: 11:49
Status: Adopted