File Code: Insurance - Health and Life
Prior Year Introduction As: HB 261/97 - ECM
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Goldwater and Pitkin
- Entitled:
-
Health Benefit Plans - Minimum Inpatient Hospitalization Coverage -
Treatments for Breast and Testicular Cancer
Requiring insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health
maintenance organizations to provide a specified minimum length of
inpatient hospitalization coverage after a mastectomy, removal of a
testicle, lymph node dissection, or lumpectomy that is performed for
the treatment of breast or testicular cancer; requiring that insurers,
nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations
provide coverage for home visits under specified circumstances;
requiring that a specified notice be provided; etc.
House Action
- 8/20
- Pre-filed
- 1/14
- First Reading Economic Matters
- 2/4
- Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/28
- Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters
Senate Action
- No Action
- Sponsored by:
- Delegate Marilyn R. Goldwater, District 16
- Delegate Joan B. Pitkin, District 23
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- DISEASES -see also- AIDS; RABIES
- HEALTH -see also- MENTAL HEALTH
- HEALTH INSURANCE -see also- HMO; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS.
- HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS -see also- MAN. CARE ORGS
- HOSPITALS -see also- CLINICS; STATE HOSPITALS
- NOTICES
- PATIENTS
- WOMEN
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Health - General
- (
19-706 ,
20-116
)
- Insurance
- (
15-826
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
None offered
