CHAPTER NUMBER: 365
File Code: Public Health
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Morhaim, Barve, Boutin,
Hubbard, Kullen, Mandel, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, and
Oaks
- Entitled:
-
Health Insurance - Mandated Benefits - Smoking Cessation Treatment
Requiring specified insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and
health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for specified
drugs and nicotine replacement therapy to assist an insured or
enrollee to cease the use of tobacco products; prohibiting the
insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance
organizations from imposing specified copayments or coinsurance
requirements for specified drugs and nicotine replacement therapy;
etc.
House Action
- 1/27
- First Reading Health and Government Operations
- 2/2
- Hearing 2/8 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/18
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
- 3/21
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/22
- Third Reading Passed (93-39)
- 4/5
- House Concur - Senate Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (101-31)
- Passed Enrolled
Senate Action
- 3/22
- First Reading Finance
- 3/28
- Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/4
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
- 4/2
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 4/4
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (40-6)
Action after passage in House and Senate
- 5/10
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 365
Sponsored by:
- Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11
- Delegate Kumar P. Barve, District 17
- Delegate Charles R. Boutin, District 34A
- Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23A
- Delegate Sue Kullen, District 27B
- Delegate Adrienne A. Mandel, District 19
- Delegate Gareth E. Murray, District 20
- Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10
- Delegate Nathaniel T. Oaks, District 41
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- CIGARETTES -see also- SMOKING
- DRUGS -see also- CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUB; SUBSTANCE ABUSE
- HEALTH -see also- MENTAL HEALTH
- HEALTH INSURANCE -see also- HMOS; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS
- HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS -see also- MAN CARE ORGS
- HEALTH OCCUPATIONS -see also- specific health occupations
- PHYSICIANS -see also- DENTISTS; MED EXMNRS; PSYCH; etc
- SMOKING -see also- CIGARETTES
- TOBACCO
Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Health - General
- (
19-706
)
- Insurance
- (
15-841
)
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
Available
- Amendments (Displayed in WordPerfect 8 Format):
House
- Number: 176582/01 (PDF) Offered on: March 21, 2005 at:
8:31 p.m. Status: Adopted
Senate
- Number: 727577/01 (PDF) Offered on: April 4, 2005 at:
11:17 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
- March 22, 2005: Third Reading Passed (93-39)
- April 5, 2005: Third Reading Passed (101-31)
Senate
- April 4, 2005: Third Reading Passed (40-6)
