File Code: Insurance - Health
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Taylor, Gutierrez, Kaiser, N. King, Manno, Montgomery, Oaks,
Rice, Vaughn, Hammen, Beitzel, Benson, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott,
Hubbard, Kach, Kipke, Kullen, McDonough, Mizeur, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam,
Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, V. Turner, and Weldon
- Entitled:
-
Health Insurance - Prescription Drugs and Devices - Copayment or Coinsurance
Prohibiting insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health
maintenance organizations from imposing a copayment or coinsurance
requirement for a covered prescription drug or device that exceeds the
retail price of the prescription drug or device; and making specified
provisions of law applicable to health maintenance organizations.
House Action
- 2/9
- First Reading Health and Government Operations
- 2/21
- Hearing 3/1 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/13
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
- 3/14
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/16
- Third Reading Passed (139-0)
- 3/28
- Returned Passed
Senate Action
- 3/19
- First Reading Finance
- 3/20
- Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/30
- Favorable Report by Finance
- 3/28
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 3/29
- Third Reading Passed (47-0)
Action after passage in House and Senate
- 5/17
- Approved by the Governor
- - Chapter 638
Sponsored by:
- Delegate Herman L. Taylor, Jr., District 14
- Delegate Wendell R. Beitzel, District 1A
- Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24
- Delegate Eric M. Bromwell, District 8
- Delegate Robert A. Costa, District 33B
- Delegate John P. Donoghue, District 2C
- Delegate Donald B. Elliott, District 4B
- Delegate Ana Sol Gutierrez, District 18
- Delegate Peter A. Hammen, District 46
- Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23A
- Delegate Wade Kach, District 5
- Delegate Anne R. Kaiser, District 14
- Delegate Nancy J. King, District 39
- Delegate Nicholaus R. Kipke, District 31
- Delegate Sue Kullen, District 27B
- Delegate Roger Manno, District 19
- Delegate Pat McDonough, District 7
- Delegate Heather Mizeur, District 20
- Delegate Karen S. Montgomery, District 14
- Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11
- Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10
- Delegate Nathaniel T. Oaks, District 41
- Delegate Joseline Pena-Melnyk, District 21
- Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13
- Delegate Craig L. Rice, District 15
- Delegate Veronica Turner, District 26
- Delegate Michael L. Vaughn, District 24
- Delegate Richard B. Weldon, Jr., District 3B
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Drugs -see also- Controlled Dangerous Sub; Substance Abuse
- Equipment -see also- Motor Vehicle Equipment
- Health Insurance -see also- HMOS; Managed Care Organizations
- Health Maintenance Organizations -see also- Manage Care Orgs
- Prices -see also- Consumer Price Index
Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Health - General
- (
19-706
)
- Insurance
- (
15-842
)
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled, Chapter
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
Available
- Amendments (Displayed in PDF Format):
House
- Number: 136580/01 Offered on: March 14, 2007 at:
10:35 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
- March 16, 2007: Third Reading Passed (139-0)
Senate
- March 29, 2007: Third Reading Passed (47-0)