SENATE BILL 165

Sponsored By:

Senator Madden

Entitled:

Health Insurance - Minimum Inpatient Hospitalization Coverage - Mastectomies and Lymph Node Dissections

Synopsis:

Requiring specified insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide a certain minimum length of inpatient hospitalization coverage after a mastectomy or lymph node dissection that is performed for the treatment of breast cancer; requiring that insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations provide coverage for home visits; etc.

Legislative History

Senate Action

1/13

First Reading Finance

1/15

Hearing 1/30 at 1:00 p.m.

2/20

Unfavorable Report by Finance

House Action

No Action

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

HEALTH -see also- MENTAL HEALTH

HEALTH INSURANCE -see also- HMO; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS.

HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS

HOSPITALS -see also- CLINICS; STATE HOSPITALS

NOTICES

PATIENTS

WOMEN

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Health - General

( 19-706 )

Insurance

( 15-822 )

Documents:

Bill Text:

First Reading (PDF), Third Reading, Enrolled

Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)