CHAPTER NUMBER: 356
File Code: Insurance - Health and Life
Prior Year Introduction As: SB 497/96 - FIN
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 1040
- Sponsored By:
-
Senators Dorman, Trotter, and
Young
- Entitled:
-
Health Insurance - Mandated Coverage - Prostate Cancer
Requiring specified insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and
health maintenance organizations to provide coverage to men of a
specified age for medically recognized diagnostic tests used to detect
prostate cancer, including a digital rectal examination and a
prostate-specific antigen test.
Senate Action
- 1/29
- First Reading Finance
- Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/10
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
- 3/11
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/13
- Third Reading Passed (44-1)
- 3/31
- Returned Passed
- 5/8
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 356
House Action
- 3/14
- First Reading Economic Matters
- 3/20
- Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/28
- Favorable Report by Economic Matters
- 3/26
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 3/27
- Third Reading Passed (116-17)
- Sponsored by:
- Senator Arthur Dorman, District 21
- Senator Decatur W. Trotter, District 24
- Senator Larry Young, District 44
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- CHEMICAL TESTS
- DISEASES -see also- AIDS
- HEALTH INSURANCE -see also- HMO; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS.
- HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Health - General
- (
19-706
)
- Insurance
- (
15-822
)
- Bill Text:
- First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
Amendments:
- Senate
- Number: 317342/1 (PDF) Offered on: MARCH 11, 1997 at: 12:13
Status: Adopted
