2008 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 1219

CHAPTER NUMBER: 688
File Code: Insurance - Health Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 811
Sponsored By:
Delegates Kach, Elliott, Kipke, Kullen, Nathan-Pulliam, and Riley
Entitled:
Health Insurance - Health Care Provider Panels - Provider Contracts

Synopsis:

Repealing a prohibition that health insurance carriers that offer coverage for health care services in a specified manner may not require providers to serve on specified provider panels under specified circumstances; repealing an exception to the prohibition; repealing specified requirements for providers that elect to terminate participation on provider panels; prohibiting provider contracts from containing a provision that requires providers to participate in provider panels under specified circumstances; etc.

History by Legislative and Calendar Date

Legislative date is used to record history occuring in the Chambers otherwise Calendar date is used.
House Action
2/8
First Reading Health and Government Operations
2/13
Hearing 3/6 at 1:00 p.m.
3/20
Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
3/18
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Floor Amendment (Delegate Pendergrass) Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
3/19
Third Reading Passed (137-0)
3/28
House Refuses to Concur - Senate Amendments
House Requests Senate Recede
Conference Committee Appointed ...
Delegates Pendergrass, Kullen, and Kach
4/2
Conference Committee Report Adopted
Third Reading Passed (141-0)
4/3
Passed Enrolled
Senate Action
3/21
First Reading Finance
3/25
Hearing 4/1 at 1:00 p.m.
3/26
Hearing cancelled
Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
3/31
Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
3/27
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
3/28
Third Reading Passed with Amendments (44-1)
4/2
Senate Refuses to Recede
Conference Committee Appointed ...
Senators Garagiola, Kelley, and Kittleman
4/3
Conference Committee Report Adopted
Third Reading Passed (44-0)
Action after passage in House and Senate
5/22
Approved by the Governor
- Chapter 688

Sponsored by:

Delegate Wade Kach, District 5B
Delegate Donald B. Elliott, District 4B
Delegate Nicholaus R. Kipke, District 31
Delegate Sue Kullen, District 27B
Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10
Delegate B. Daniel Riley, District 34A

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

Contracts -see also- Land Installment Contracts; Procurement
Disclosure
Fees -see also- Devt Fees and Taxes; Reimbursement Rates
Health Insurance -see also- HMOS; Managed Care Organizations
Health Maintenance Organizations -see also- Manage Care Orgs
Health Occupations -see also- specific health occupations
Managed Care Organizations -see also- Health Maint Orgs
Notices
Physicians -see also- Dentists; Med Exmnrs; Psych; etc
Reimbursement Rates

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Health - General
( 19-706 )
Insurance
( 15-112 , 15-112 , 15-112 , 15-112.2 )

Documents:

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: 423323/01     Offered on: March 21, 2008   at: 11:02 a.m.     Status: Adopted
Number: 866088/01     Offered on: March 21, 2008   at: 11:01 a.m.     Status: Adopted
Senate
Number: 117770/01     Offered on: April 1, 2008   at: 10:53 a.m.     Status: Adopted
Conference Committee Documents (Displayed in PDF Format):
Report Number: 333821/1     Offered on: April 7, 2008   at: 2:47 p.m.     Status: Adopted
Amendment Number: 153621/2     Offered on: April 7, 2008   at: 2:47 p.m.     Status: Adopted
Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
March 19, 2008: Third Reading Passed (137-0)
April 2, 2008: Third Reading Passed (141-0)
Senate
March 28, 2008: Third Reading Passed (44-1)
April 3, 2008: Third Reading Passed (44-0)