2001 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 473

File Code: Health Occupations
Sponsored By:
Delegates Hammen, Boutin, Brown, Doory, Eckardt, Elliott, Frush, Hixson, A. Jones, Kagan, Klausmeier, Nathan-Pulliam, Owings, Redmer, Snodgrass, Wood, Stull, and Goldwater
Entitled:
Health Maintenance Organizations - Patient Access to Choice of Provider

Synopsis:

Altering standards of care for health maintenance organizations (HMOs) to make them apply to services of nurse practitioners in addition to physicians; requiring HMOs to allow for the designation by a member or subscriber of a nurse practitioner as a primary care provider; limiting the number of nurse practitioners on an HMO's panel of providers; requiring the State Board of Nursing to create and maintain an individual profile on each nurse practitioner certified by the Board; etc.

History by Legislative Date

House Action
2/2
First Reading Environmental Matters
2/7
Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.
3/19
Favorable with Amendments Report by Environmental Matters
3/16
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Special Order 3/20 (Delegate R. Baker) Adopted
3/17
Special Order next session (Delegate Barve) Adopted
3/18
Special Order p.m. session (Delegate Hammen) Adopted
3/19
Floor Amendment (Delegate Barve) Adopted
Floor Amendment (Delegate Arnick) Rejected
Floor Amendment (Delegate R. Baker) Rejected (25-100)
Floor Amendment (Delegate Zirkin) Rejected
Floor Amendment (Delegate Dembrow) Rejected (24-93)
Floor Amendment (Delegate Hammen) Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
3/20
Motion vote previous question (Delegate Cane) Adopted
Third Reading Failed (70-59)
Motion Reconsider Third Reading (Delegate Hammen)
Special Order next session (Delegate Hammen) Adopted (83-46)
3/21
Motion Reconsider Third Reading (Delegate Hammen) Adopted (74-35)
Motion vote previous question (Delegate Minnick) Adopted
Third Reading Passed (73-49)
4/4
Returned Passed
5/17
Governor vetoed - Policy
Senate Action
3/26
First Reading Finance
3/28
Hearing 4/3 at 1:00 p.m.
4/6
Favorable Report by Finance
4/3
Favorable Report Adopted (25-21)
Second Reading Passed
4/4
Special Order 4/9 (Senator Bromwell) Adopted
4/5
Special Order later today (The President) Adopted
Third Reading Failed (23-24)
Motion Reconsider Third Reading (The President) Adopted
Third Reading Passed (24-23)
Sponsored by:
Delegate Peter A. Hammen, District 46
Delegate Charles R. Boutin, District 34
Delegate Anthony G. Brown, District 25
Delegate Ann Marie Doory, District 43
Delegate Adelaide C. Eckardt, District 37B
Delegate Donald B. Elliott, District 4B
Delegate Barbara Frush, District 21
Delegate Marilyn R. Goldwater, District 16
Delegate Sheila E. Hixson, District 20
Delegate Adrienne A. Jones, District 10
Delegate Cheryl C. Kagan, District 17
Delegate Katherine Klausmeier, District 8
Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10
Delegate George W. Owings, III, District 27B
Delegate Alfred W. Redmer, Jr., District 8
Delegate Louise V. Snodgrass, District 3
Delegate Paul S. Stull, District 4A
Delegate John F. Wood, Jr., District 29A
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS -see also- POLITICAL COMMITTEES
CONSUMER PROTECTION -see also- UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES
ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT
HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS -see also- MAN CARE ORGS
HEALTH OCCUPATIONS -see also specific health occupations-
NURSES
PHYSICIANS -see also- DENTISTS; MED EXMNRS; PSYCH; etc
PUBLIC INFORMATION
RECORDS -see also- LAND RECORDS; VITAL RECORDS
Bill affects the following Statutes:
Health - General
( 19-701 , 19-701 , 19-705.1 , 19-705.1 , 19-729 )
Health Occupations
( 8-306 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled
Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)
Amendments:
House
Number: 303026/2 (PDF)     Offered on: March 22, 2001   at: 10:54 a.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 473225/1 (PDF)     Offered on: March 22, 2001   at: 10:37 a.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 533522/1 (PDF)     Offered on: March 22, 2001   at: 10:40 a.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 553526/1 (PDF)     Offered on: March 22, 2001   at: 11:08 a.m.     Status: Adopted
Number: 640414/1 (PDF)     Offered on: March 19, 2001   at: 6:36 p.m.     Status: Adopted
Number: 863120/1 (PDF)     Offered on: March 22, 2001   at: 10:52 a.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 873320/3 (PDF)     Offered on: March 22, 2001   at: 10:36 a.m.     Status: Adopted
Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
March 19, 2001: Floor Amendment (Baker R) {533522/1 Rejected (25-100)
March 19, 2001: Floor Amendment (Dembrow) {303026/2 Rejected (24-93)
March 20, 2001: Third Reading Failed (70-59)
March 20, 2001: Motion Special Order until next session (Hammen) Adopted (83-46)
March 21, 2001: Motion Reconsider Third Reading (Hammen) Adopted (74-35)
March 21, 2001: Third Reading Passed (73-49)
Senate
April 3, 2001: Favorable Adopted (25-21)
April 5, 2001: Third Reading Failed (23-24)
April 5, 2001: Third Reading Passed (24-23)