File Code: Insurance - Health
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 69  
- Sponsored By: 
 - 
Senators Pugh, Conway, Della, Exum, Jones, Kelley, Lenett, Madaleno,
McFadden, and Raskin
 
- Entitled: 
 - 
Prosthetic Parity Act
 
Requiring specified insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and
health maintenance organizations to provide specified coverage and
payment for prosthetic devices; authorizing specified insurers,
nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations
to require prior authorization for coverage of a prosthetic device;
providing that specified covered benefits may be subject to a
specified copayment or coinsurance amount; etc.
Legislative date is used to record
history occuring in the Chambers
otherwise Calendar date is used.
Senate Action
- 1/16
 - First Reading Finance
 - 1/22
 - Hearing 1/30 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 1/24
 - Hearing cancelled
 -      Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 2/25
 - Unfavorable Report by Finance
 
House Action
- No Action
 
Sponsored by:
- Senator Catherine E. Pugh, District 40
 - Senator Joan Carter Conway, District 43
 - Senator George W. Della, Jr., District 46
 - Senator Nathaniel Exum, District 24
 - Senator Verna L. Jones, District 44
 - Senator Delores G. Kelley, District 10
 - Senator Mike Lenett, District 19
 - Senator Richard S. Madaleno, Jr., District 18
 - Senator Nathaniel J. McFadden, District 45
 - Senator Jamie Raskin, District 20
 
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Equipment -see also- Motor Vehicle Equipment
 - Health Insurance -see also- HMOS; Managed Care Organizations
 - Health Maintenance Organizations -see also- Manage Care Orgs
 
Bill affects the following Statutes:
-   Health - General
 - (
 19-706 
)
 -   Insurance
 - (
 15-820 ,
 15-843 
)
 
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
 First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled
 - Fiscal and Policy Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
 Available
 - Amendments:
None offered