HOUSE BILL 60

Sponsored By:

Delegate Bonsack

Entitled:

Health Insurance - Small Group Market - Comprehensive Standard Health Benefit Plan - Outpatient Rehabilitative Benefits

Synopsis:

Requiring the comprehensive standard health benefit plan to include outpatient rehabilitative benefits for occupational, speech, and physical therapies that provide a minimum of 40 visits per therapy, per condition, per year with the same deductibles and cost sharing for each visit.

Legislative History

House Action

10/23

Pre-filed

1/10

First Reading Economic Matters

1/17

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

2/12

Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters

Senate Action

No Action

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

AUDIOLOGISTS AND SPEECH PATHOLOGISTS

COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS -see also- POLITICAL COMMITTEES

HEALTH OCCUPATIONS

HEALTH PLANNING AND COST REVIEW

INSURANCE-HEALTH -see also- HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS

PHYSICAL THERAPISTS

Bill affects the following Statute:

Article - 48A Insurance Code

( 700 )

Documents:

Bill Text:

First Reading (PDF), Third Reading, Enrolled

Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)

Amendments: None available