File Code: Insurance - Health
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 579
- Sponsored By:
-
Senators Pugh, Della, Exum, Gladden, Glassman, Harrington, Jones, Kelley,
Klausmeier, Lenett, Madaleno, McFadden, Raskin, Rosapepe, Garagiola, and
Middleton
- Entitled:
-
Prosthetic Parity Act
Requiring insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health
maintenance organizations to provide coverage for prosthetic devices,
components of prosthetic devices, and repairs to prosthetic devices;
prohibiting covered benefits from being subject to a specified
copayment or coinsurance requirement; prohibiting insurers, nonprofit
health service plans, and health maintenance organizations from
imposing a specified dollar maximum on specified coverage; etc.
Legislative date is used to record
history occurring in the Chambers
otherwise Calendar date is used.
Senate Action
- 1/29
- First Reading Finance
- 2/4
- Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.
- 2/6
- Hearing cancelled
- Hearing 2/12 at 1:30 p.m.
- 3/16
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
- 3/17
- Favorable with Amendments
- Laid Over (Senator Mooney) Adopted
- 3/18
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/20
- Third Reading Passed (41-2)
- 4/5
- Returned Passed
House Action
- 3/20
- First Reading Health and Government Operations
- 3/25
- Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/7
- Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations
- 4/2
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 4/3
- Third Reading Passed (133-4)
Action after passage in Senate and House
- 5/7
- Approved by the Governor
- - Chapter 243
Sponsored by:
- Senator Catherine E. Pugh, District 40
- Senator George W. Della, Jr., District 46
- Senator Nathaniel Exum, District 24
- Senator Rob Garagiola, District 15
- Senator Lisa A. Gladden, District 41
- Senator Barry Glassman, District 35
- Senator David C. Harrington, District 47
- Senator Verna L. Jones, District 44
- Senator Delores G. Kelley, District 10
- Senator Katherine Klausmeier, District 8
- Senator Mike Lenett, District 19
- Senator Richard S. Madaleno, Jr., District 18
- Senator Nathaniel J. McFadden, District 45
- Senator Thomas M. Middleton, District 28
- Senator Jamie Raskin, District 20
- Senator Jim Rosapepe, District 21
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Health Insurance -see also- HMOS; Managed Care Organizations
- Health Maintenance Organizations -see also- Manage Care Orgs
- Prostheses
Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Health - General
- (
19-706
)
- Insurance
- (
15-820 ,
15-844
)
- 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: 317477/01 Offered on: March 18, 2009 at:
10:44 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
Senate
- March 20, 2009: Third Reading Passed (41-2)
House
- April 3, 2009: Third Reading Passed (133-4)