File Code: Insurance - Health
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 41  
- Sponsored By: 
 - 
Senators Kelley, Conway, Currie, Della, Exum, Forehand, Frosh, Klausmeier,
Kramer, Madaleno, Munson, Peters, Pugh, Raskin, Robey, Garagiola, Glassman,
Middleton, and Harris
 
- 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.
Senate Action
- 1/21
 - First Reading Finance
 -      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
 -      Special Order 3/19 (Senator Harris) Adopted
 - 3/19
 - Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
 -      Floor Amendment (Senator Harris) Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed with Amendments
 - 3/23
 - Third Reading Passed (46-1)
 - 4/3
 - Returned Passed
 
House Action
- 3/21
 - First Reading Health and Government Operations
 - 3/25
 - Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 4/3
 - Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations
 - 3/30
 - Favorable Report Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed
 - 3/31
 - Third Reading Passed (135-0)
 
Action after passage in Senate and House
- 5/19
 - Approved by the Governor
 -      - Chapter 516
 
Sponsored by:
- Senator Delores G. Kelley, District 10
 - Senator Joan Carter Conway, District 43
 - Senator Ulysses Currie, District 25
 - Senator George W. Della, Jr., District 46
 - Senator Nathaniel Exum, District 24
 - Senator Jennie M. Forehand, District 17
 - Senator Brian E. Frosh, District 16
 - Senator Rob Garagiola, District 15
 - Senator Barry Glassman, District 35
 - Senator Andrew P. Harris, District 7
 - Senator Katherine Klausmeier, District 8
 - Senator Rona E. Kramer, District 14
 - Senator Richard S. Madaleno, Jr., District 18
 - Senator Thomas M. Middleton, District 28
 - Senator Donald F. Munson, District 2
 - Senator Douglas J. J. Peters, District 23
 - Senator Catherine E. Pugh, District 40
 - Senator Jamie Raskin, District 20
 - Senator James N. Robey, District 13
 
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):
 Senate
- Number: 547775/01     Offered on: March 19, 2009      at:
11:09 a.m.     Status: Adopted
 - Number: 633220/01     Offered on: March 19, 2009      at:
11:11 a.m.     Status: Adopted
 
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
 Senate
- March 23, 2009: Third Reading Passed  (46-1)
 
House 
- March 31, 2009: Third Reading Passed  (135-0)