SENATE BILL 625

File Code: Insurance - Health

Sponsored By:

Senator Frosh

Entitled:

Health Insurance - Payment and Fee Disclosure

Synopsis:

Requiring health insurance carriers to establish and implement a procedure for providing to an enrollee or a health care provider on behalf of an enrollee an estimate of specified payments for covered services; requiring the estimate to include specified payments and terms; requiring a carrier that uses a provider panel to provide an estimate of specified amounts, if a specified health care provider does not participate in the provider panel; requiring a carrier to provide on its website a specified explanation; etc.

History by Legislative and Calendar Date

Legislative date is used to record history occurring in the Chambers otherwise Calendar date is used.

Senate Action

2/5

First Reading Finance

2/9

Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.

House Action

No Action

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

Disclosure

Electronic Commerce -see also- Electronic Funds Transfer

Health Insurance -see also- HMOS; Managed Care Organizations

Health Maintenance Organizations -see also- Manage Care Orgs

Health Occupations -see also- specific health occupations

Insurance Administration

Patients

Physicians -see also- Dentists; Med Exmnrs; Psych; etc

Prices -see also- Consumer Price Index

Rules and Regulations

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Health - General

( 19-706 )

Insurance

( 15-134 )

Documents

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Bill Text: First Reading, Third Reading, Enrolled

Fiscal and Policy Note: Available

Amendments: None offered