2009 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 255

CHAPTER NUMBER: 664
File Code: Health Maintenance Organizations Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 380
Sponsored By:
Delegates Pena-Melnyk, Costa, Hammen, Pendergrass, Benson, Bromwell, Donoghue, Elliott, Hubbard, Kach, Kipke, Krebs, Kullen, McDonough, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Reznik, Riley, Tarrant, V. Turner, and Weldon
Entitled:
Health Maintenance Organizations - Payments to Nonparticipating Providers

Synopsis:

Requiring health maintenance organizations to pay specified health care providers for specified evaluation and management services no less than a specified rate; requiring a health maintenance organization to calculate a specified average rate in a specified manner; etc.

History by Legislative and Calendar Date

Legislative date is used to record history occurring in the Chambers otherwise Calendar date is used.
House Action
1/29
First Reading Health and Government Operations
2/18
Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
3/10
Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
3/11
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
3/13
Third Reading Passed (131-0)
4/1
Returned Passed
Senate Action
3/16
First Reading Finance
3/18
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 (44-1)
Action after passage in House and Senate
5/19
Approved by the Governor
- Chapter 664

Sponsored by:

Delegate Joseline A. Pena-Melnyk, District 21
Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24
Delegate Eric M. Bromwell, District 8
Delegate Robert A. Costa, District 33B
Delegate John P. Donoghue, District 2C
Delegate Donald B. Elliott, District 4B
Delegate Peter A. Hammen, District 46
Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23A
Delegate Wade Kach, District 5B
Delegate Nicholaus R. Kipke, District 31
Delegate Susan W. Krebs, District 9B
Delegate Sue Kullen, District 27B
Delegate Pat McDonough, District 7
Delegate Karen S. Montgomery, District 14
Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11
Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10
Delegate Nathaniel T. Oaks, District 41
Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13
Delegate Kirill Reznik, District 39
Delegate B. Daniel Riley, District 34A
Delegate Shawn Z. Tarrant, District 40
Delegate Veronica Turner, District 26
Delegate Richard B. Weldon, Jr., District 3B

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

Emergency Medical Services
Health Care Commission
Health Maintenance Organizations -see also- Manage Care Orgs
Health Occupations -see also- specific health occupations
Insurance Administration
Investigations and Inquiries -see also- Crim Bckgrnd Invest.
Physicians -see also- Dentists; Med Exmnrs; Psych; etc
Reimbursement Rates
Reports
Rules and Regulations
Sunset

Bill affects the following Statute:

Health - General
( 19-710.1 )

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: 806788/01     Offered on: March 11, 2009   at: 12:16 p.m.     Status: Adopted
Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
March 13, 2009: Third Reading Passed (131-0)
Senate
April 2, 2009: Third Reading Passed (44-1)