CHAPTER NUMBER: 261
File Code: Health Maintenance Organizations
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 974
- Sponsored By:
-
Senators Hollinger, Astle, Brochin, Conway, DeGrange, Dyson,
Exum, Forehand, Frosh, Giannetti, Green, Grosfeld, Hafer, Haines,
Hooper, Hughes, Jimeno, Jones, Klausmeier, Kramer, Middleton, Ruben,
Stoltzfus, Stone, Teitelbaum,
Della, Gladden, Kelley, and Pipkin
- Entitled:
-
Health Maintenance Organizations - Patient Access to Choice of
Provider
Requiring health maintenance organizations to allow for the
designation by a member of a certified nurse practitioner as a primary
care provider in specified circumstances; requiring that members who
select a certified nurse practitioner be provided with the name and
contact information of the certified nurse practitioner's
collaborating physician; providing that health maintenance
organizations are not required to include certified nurse
practitioners on a specified provider panel; etc.
Senate Action
- 2/14
- First Reading Senate Rules
- 2/20
- Re-referred Finance
- 2/26
- Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/21
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/22
- Third Reading Passed (47-0)
- 4/2
- Returned Passed
- 5/13
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 261
House Action
- 3/21
- First Reading Health and Government Operations
- 3/25
- Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/2
- Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations
- 3/29
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 3/30
- Third Reading Passed (134-1)
- Sponsored by:
- Senator Paula C. Hollinger, District 11
- Senator John C. Astle, District 30
- Senator Jim Brochin, District 42
- Senator Joan Carter Conway, District 43
- Senator James E. DeGrange, Sr., District 32
- Senator George W. Della, Jr., District 46
- Senator Roy P. Dyson, District 29
- Senator Nathaniel Exum, District 24
- Senator Jennie M. Forehand, District 17
- Senator Brian E. Frosh, District 16
- Senator John A. Giannetti, Jr., District 21
- Senator Lisa A. Gladden, District 41
- Senator Leo E. Green, District 23
- Senator Sharon M. Grosfeld, District 18
- Senator John J. Hafer, District 1
- Senator Larry E. Haines, District 5
- Senator J. Robert Hooper, District 35
- Senator Ralph M. Hughes, District 40
- Senator Philip C. Jimeno, District 31
- Senator Verna L. Jones, District 44
- Senator Delores G. Kelley, District 10
- Senator Katherine A. Klausmeier, District 8
- Senator Rona E. Kramer, District 14
- Senator Thomas M. Middleton, District 28
- Senator E. J. Pipkin, District 36
- Senator Ida G. Ruben, District 20
- Senator J. Lowell Stoltzfus, District 38
- Senator Norman R. Stone, Jr., District 6
- Senator Leonard H. Teitelbaum, District 19
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS -see also- MAN CARE ORGS
- HEALTH OCCUPATIONS -see also- specific health occupations
- NURSES
- PHYSICIANS -see also- DENTISTS; MED EXMNRS; PSYCH; etc
- Bill affects the following Statute:
- Health - General
- (
19-705.1
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- Senate
- Number: 047270/01 (PDF) Offered on: March 21, 2003 at:
11:38 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- Senate
- March 22, 2003: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
- House
- March 30, 2003: Third Reading Passed (134-1)