CHAPTER NUMBER: 736
File Code: Insurance - Health
Prior Year Introduction As: SB 496/00 - FIN
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 675
- Sponsored By:
-
Senators Hoffman,
Hollinger, Bromwell, Dorman, Astle, DeGrange, Della, Exum, Hafer,
Hooper, Kelley, Roesser, and Teitelbaum
- Entitled:
-
Health Insurance - Treatment of Morbid Obesity
Requiring insurers, nonprofit health service plans, managed care
organizations, and health maintenance organizations to provide
coverage for the surgical treatment of morbid obesity as recognized by
the National Institutes of Health; etc.
Senate Action
- 2/2
- First Reading Finance
- 2/6
- Hearing 3/1 at 1:00 p.m.
- 2/16
- Hearing cancelled
- Hearing 3/1 at 2:30 p.m.
- 3/19
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
- 3/21
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/23
- Third Reading Passed (41-5)
- 4/2
- Senate Concur - House Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (43-2)
- Passed Enrolled
- 5/18
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 736
House Action
- 3/21
- First Reading Economic Matters
- 3/27
- Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/3
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters
- 3/29
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/30
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (120-10)
- Sponsored by:
- Senator Barbara A. Hoffman, District 42
- Senator John C. Astle, District 30
- Senator Thomas L. Bromwell, District 8
- Senator James E. DeGrange, Sr., District 32
- Senator George W. Della, Jr., District 47
- Senator Arthur Dorman, District 21
- Senator Nathaniel Exum, District 24
- Senator John J. Hafer, District 1
- Senator Paula C. Hollinger, District 11
- Senator J. Robert Hooper, District 35
- Senator Delores G. Kelley, District 10
- Senator Jean W. Roesser, District 15
- Senator Leonard H. Teitelbaum, District 19
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- HEALTH -see also- MENTAL HEALTH
- HEALTH INSURANCE -see also- HMOS; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS
- HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS -see also- MAN CARE ORGS
- MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS -see also- HEALTH MAINT ORGS
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Health - General
- (
19-706
)
- Insurance
- (
15-837
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled (PDF)
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- Senate
- Number: 807173/1 (PDF) Offered on: March 21, 2001 at:
11:44 a.m. Status: Adopted
- House
- Number: 693498/1 (PDF) Offered on: April 3, 2001 at:
10:50 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- Senate
- March 23, 2001: Third Reading Passed (41-5)
- April 2, 2001: Third Reading Passed (43-2)
- House
- March 30, 2001: Third Reading Passed (120-10)