JOINT RESOLUTION NUMBER: 5
File Code: Insurance - Health and Life
Crossfiled with: HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 8
- Sponsored By:
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Senators Hollinger and Bromwell
- Entitled:
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State Regulation of Self-Funded Employer-Based Health Plans
Requesting the United States Congress to amend the Employment
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to authorize each state
to monitor and to regulate self-funded employer-based health plans in
order to increase access to care, to control costs, and to regulate
against abuse by health plans, and to make a specific amendment to
ERISA; urging other state legislatures to enact a resolution similar
to the resolution; and directing that a copy of the resolution be
forwarded to certain individuals.
Senate Action
- 2/5
- First Reading Finance
- 2/9
- Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/4
- Favorable Report by Finance
- 3/5
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 3/9
- Third Reading Passed (47-0)
- 4/10
- Senate Concur - House Amendment
- Third Reading Passed (47-0)
- Passed Enrolled
- 5/27
- Signed by the President and the Speaker - Joint Resolution 5
House Action
- 3/10
- First Reading Economic Matters
- 3/17
- Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/11
- Favorable Report by Economic Matters
- 4/8
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Floor Committee Amendment Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 4/9
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (128-6)
- Sponsored by:
- Senator Paula Colodny Hollinger, District 11
- Senator Thomas L. Bromwell, District 8
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- CONGRESS, U. S
- CONSUMER PROTECTION -see also- ADVTG.; LABELING; WARRANTIES.
- FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
- HEALTH INSURANCE -see also- HMO; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS.
- HEALTH PLANNING AND COST REVIEW
- INTERSTATE AFFAIRS
- RULES AND REGULATIONS
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled (PDF)
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- House
- Number: 563585/1 (PDF) Offered on: April 11, 1999 at:
7:30 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- Senate
- March 9, 1999: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
- April 10, 1999: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
- House
- April 9, 1999: Third Reading Passed (128-6)