File Code: Insurance - Health
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 173  
- Sponsored By: 
 - 
Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, V. Turner, Benson, Montgomery, Kullen, and
Pena-Melnyk
 
- Entitled: 
 - 
Health Insurance - Mandated Benefits - Hospitalization and Home Visits
Following a Mastectomy
 
Requiring specified insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and
health maintenance organizations to provide inpatient hospitalization
coverage for a specified minimum length of time following a mastectomy
that is performed for the treatment of breast cancer; prohibiting
specified insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health
maintenance organizations from refusing reimbursement for specified
services; etc.
Legislative date is used to record
history occurring in the Chambers
otherwise Calendar date is used.
House Action
- 10/28
 - Pre-filed
 - 1/14
 - First Reading Health and Government Operations
 - 1/28
 - Hearing 2/5 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 2/24
 - Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
 - 2/25
 - Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed with Amendments
 - 2/27
 - Third Reading Passed (132-0)
 - 4/1
 - Returned Passed
 
Senate Action
- 3/2
 - First Reading Finance
 - 3/13
 - Hearing 3/24 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 4/2
 - Favorable Report by Finance
 - 4/1
 - Favorable Report Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed
 - 4/2
 - Third Reading Passed (46-1)
 
Action after passage in House  and Senate
- 5/19
 - Approved by the Governor
 -      - Chapter 517
 
Sponsored by:
- Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10
 - Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24
 - Delegate Sue Kullen, District 27B
 - Delegate Karen S. Montgomery, District 14
 - Delegate Joseline A. Pena-Melnyk, District 21
 - Delegate Veronica Turner, District 26
 
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Consumer Protection -see also- Unfair Trade Practices
 - Diseases -see also- AIDS; Rabies
 - Health Insurance -see also- HMOS; Managed Care Organizations
 - Health Maintenance Organizations -see also- Manage Care Orgs
 - Home Care Services -see also- Respite Care
 - Hospitals -see also- Clinics; State Hospitals
 - Notices
 - Patients
 - Physicians -see also- Dentists; Med Exmnrs; Psych; etc
 - Women
 
Bill affects the following Statutes:
-   Health - General
 - (
 19-706 
)
 -   Insurance
 - (
 15-832 ,
 15-832.1 
)
 
- 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: 396187/01     Offered on: February 25, 2009   at:
10:21 a.m.     Status: Adopted
 
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
 House 
- February 27, 2009: Third Reading Passed  (132-0)
 
Senate
- April 2, 2009: Third Reading Passed  (46-1)