2010 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 435

CHAPTER NUMBER: 673
File Code: Insurance - Health
Sponsored By:
Delegates Kach, Jones, Benson, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Hammen, Hubbard, Jenkins, Kipke, Krebs, Kullen, McDonough, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Reznik, Riley, Tarrant, and V. Turner
Entitled:
Health Insurance - Reimbursement of Primary Care Providers - Bonus Payments

Synopsis:

Requiring specified health insurance carriers to pay a bonus to primary care providers for services provided in the office after 6 p.m. and before 8 a.m. or on weekends and national holidays; requiring specified health insurance carriers to include specified items in their contracts with primary care providers; providing for an exception; 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
2/10
Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
3/26
Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
3/24
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
3/25
Third Reading Passed (139-0)
4/8
House Concur - Senate Amendments
Third Reading Passed (139-1)
Passed Enrolled
Senate Action
3/27
First Reading Finance
3/30
Hearing 4/6 at 1:00 p.m.
4/9
Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
4/6
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
4/7
Special Order later today (Senator Harris) Adopted
Third Reading Passed with Amendments (46-0)
Action after passage in House and Senate
5/20
Approved by the Governor
- Chapter 673

Sponsored by:

Delegate Wade Kach, District 5B
Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24
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 Charles A. Jenkins, District 3B
Delegate Adrienne A. Jones, District 10
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 Joseline A. Pena-Melnyk, District 21
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

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

Contracts -see also- Land Installment Contracts; Procurement
Health Insurance -see also- HMOS; Managed Care Organizations
Health Maintenance Organizations -see also- Manage Care Orgs
Health Occupations -see also- specific health occupations
Physicians -see also- Dentists; Med Exmnrs; Psych; etc
Reimbursement Rates

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Health - General
( 19-706 )
Insurance
( 15-134 )

Documents

All documents except Roll Call Votes are displayed in PDF format:
Bill Text: First Reading, Third Reading, Enrolled, Chapter
Fiscal and Policy Note: Available
Amendments:
House
Number: 576882/01     Offered on: March 26, 2010   at: 5:44 p.m.     Status: Adopted
Senate
Number: 417371/01     Offered on: April 10, 2010   at: 2:10 p.m.     Status: Adopted
Committee Votes :
House
Health and Government Operations
Senate
Finance
Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
March 25, 2010: Third Reading Passed (139-0)
April 8, 2010: Third Reading Passed (139-1)
Senate
April 7, 2010: Third Reading Passed (46-0)