File Code: Insurance - Health
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 594  
- Sponsored By: 
 - 
Senators Astle, Della, and Klausmeier
 
- Entitled: 
 - 
Health Insurance - Carrier Credentialing - Reimbursement of Providers of Health
Care Services
 
Requiring specified carriers to reimburse a group practice on the
carrier's provider panel at the participating provider rate for
covered services provided by a provider who is not a participating
provider under specified circumstances; prohibiting a health
maintenance organization from denying payment to a provider under
specified circumstances; requiring a group practice to disclose in
writing specified information to an enrollee; etc.
Legislative date is used to record
history occuring in the Chambers
otherwise Calendar date is used.
Senate Action
- 2/1
 - First Reading Finance
 - 2/6
 - Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 4/3
 - Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
 - 3/30
 - Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed with Amendments
 - 3/31
 - Third Reading Passed (47-0)
 - 4/5
 - Senate Concur - House Amendments
 -      Third Reading Passed (46-0)
 -      Passed Enrolled
 
House Action
- 3/29
 - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
 - 4/5
 - Re-referred Health and Government Operations
 - 4/7
 - Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
 - 4/2
 - Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
 -      Special Order next session (Delegate Levy) Adopted
 - 4/3
 - Second Reading Passed with Amendments
 - 4/4
 - Third Reading Passed with Amendments (140-0)
 
Action after passage in Senate and House
- 5/22
 - Approved by the Governor
 -      - Chapter 598
 
Sponsored by:
- Senator John C. Astle, District 30
 - Senator George W. Della, Jr., District 46
 - Senator Katherine Klausmeier, District 8
 
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Disclosure
 - Health Insurance -see also- HMOS; Managed Care Organizations
 - Health Maintenance Organizations -see also- Manage Care Orgs
 - Health Occupations -see also- specific health occupations
 - Physicians -see also- Dentists; Med Exmnrs; Psych; etc
 - Reimbursement Rates
 
Bill affects the following Statutes:
-   Insurance
 - (
 15-112 ,
 15-112 ,
 15-112 
)
 
- 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):
 Senate
- Number: 587774/01     Offered on: April 3, 2008       at:
1:25 p.m.      Status: Adopted
 
House 
- Number: 116680/01     Offered on: April 7, 2008       at:
11:38 a.m.     Status: Adopted
 
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
 Senate
- March 31, 2008: Third Reading Passed  (47-0)
 - April 5, 2008: Third Reading Passed  (46-0)
 
House 
- April 4, 2008: Third Reading Passed  (140-0)