2003 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 724

File Code: Insurance - Health
Sponsored By:
Delegates Murray, Bromwell, Goldwater, Haynes, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Rudolph, and V. Turner
Entitled:
Health Insurance Carriers and Health Maintenance Organizations - Mental Health Providers - Cultural Characteristics

Synopsis:

Requiring the standards of quality of care that a health maintenance organization provides to its members to include, for mental health services, access to a provider with specified cultural characteristics; providing that a covered service of a health maintenance organization shall include a mental health service rendered to an enrollee by a health care provider not under written contract to the health maintenance organization and whose cultural characteristics reflect those of the enrollee; etc.

History by Legislative Date

House Action
2/7
First Reading Health and Government Operations
2/12
Hearing 3/4 at 1:00 p.m.
Senate Action
No Action
Sponsored by:
Delegate Gareth E. Murray, District 20
Delegate Eric Bromwell, District 8
Delegate Marilyn R. Goldwater, District 16
Delegate Keith E. Haynes, District 44
Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10
Delegate Nathaniel T. Oaks, District 41
Delegate David D. Rudolph, District 34B
Delegate Veronica Turner, District 26
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
ETHNIC AFFAIRS
HEALTH INSURANCE -see also- HMOS; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS
HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS -see also- MAN CARE ORGS
HEALTH OCCUPATIONS -see also- specific health occupations
MENTAL HEALTH
RELIGION -see also- CHURCHES
RULES AND REGULATIONS
Bill affects the following Statutes:
Health - General
( 19-705.1 , 19-705.1 , 19-705.1 , 19-710.1 , 19-710.1 )
Insurance
( 15-112 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading, Enrolled
Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)
Amendments: None offered