File Code: Health Maintenance Organizations
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 576
- Sponsored By:
-
Senators Dorman and Astle
- Entitled:
-
Continuity of Patient Care Act
Requiring a health maintenance organization (HMO) that allows a member
or subscriber to receive specified emergency medical services to
reimburse a health care provider who provides specified medically
necessary follow-up care; and prohibiting an HMO, under specified
circumstances, from imposing on a member or subscriber any co-payment
or other cost-sharing requirement that exceeds what the member or
subscriber is required to pay for services rendered by a health care
provider who is a member of the HMO's provider panel; etc.
Senate Action
- 2/5
- First Reading Finance
- 2/9
- Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/18
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/22
- Third Reading Passed (47-0)
- 4/7
- Senate Concur - House Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (47-0)
- Passed Enrolled
- 5/27
- Governor vetoed - Cross-filed bill was signed
House Action
- 3/23
- First Reading Economic Matters
- 3/24
- Hearing 4/6 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/7
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters
- 4/3
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 4/4
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (132-2)
- Sponsored by:
- Senator Arthur Dorman, District 21
- Senator John C. Astle, District 30
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- EMERGENCIES -see also- AMBULANCES; RESCUE SQUADS
- HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS -see also- MAN. CARE ORGS
- HEALTH OCCUPATIONS
- HOSPITALS -see also- CLINICS; STATE HOSPITALS
- PATIENTS
- PHYSICIANS
- Bill affects the following Statute:
- Health - General
- (
19-712.5
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled (PDF)
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- Senate
- Number: 047866/1 (PDF) Offered on: March 18, 1999 at:
11:08 a.m. Status: Adopted
- House
- Number: 563582/1 (PDF) Offered on: April 7, 1999 at:
10:29 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- Senate
- March 22, 1999: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
- April 7, 1999: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
- House
- April 4, 1999: Third Reading Passed (132-2)
