2010 Regular Session

SENATE BILL 637

File Code: Insurance - Health Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 804
Sponsored By:
Senators Pipkin, Astle, Klausmeier, Exum, and Garagiola
Entitled:
Health Insurance - Dental Provider Panels - Provider Contracts

Synopsis:

Prohibiting a provider contract from containing a provision that requires a dental provider, as a condition of continued participation in specified dental provider panels, to accept an added, revised, or amended fee schedule that contains a lower fee; and providing that the Act applies to all dental provider contracts issued, renewed, or amended in the State on or after October 1, 2010.

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.
3/25
Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
3/26
Third Reading Passed (44-0)
4/7
Returned Passed
House Action
3/23
First Reading Health and Government Operations
3/31
Hearing 4/8 at 1:00 p.m.
4/9
Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations
4/2
Favorable Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed
4/4
Third Reading Passed (138-0)
Action after passage in Senate and House
5/20
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)

Sponsored by:

Senator E. J. Pipkin, District 36
Senator John C. Astle, District 30
Senator Nathaniel Exum, District 24
Senator Rob Garagiola, District 15
Senator Katherine Klausmeier, District 8

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

Contracts -see also- Land Installment Contracts; Procurement
Dentists
Fees -see also- Attys` Fees; Devt Fees & Taxes; Reimb Rates.
Health Insurance -see also- HMOS; Managed Care Organizations
Health Maintenance Organizations -see also- Manage Care Orgs
Health Occupations -see also- specific health occupations

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Insurance
( 15-112.2 , 15-112.2 )

Documents

All documents except Roll Call Votes are displayed in PDF format:
Bill Text: First Reading, Third Reading, Enrolled
Fiscal and Policy Note: Available
Amendments:
Senate
Number: 437874/01     Offered on: March 25, 2010   at: 11:16 a.m.     Status: Adopted
Committee Votes :
Senate
Finance
House
Health and Government Operations
Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
Senate
March 26, 2010: Third Reading Passed (44-0)
House
April 4, 2010: Third Reading Passed (138-0)