HOUSE BILL 675

Sponsored By:

Delegate Goldwater

Entitled:

Health Insurance - Treatment of Morbid Obesity

Synopsis:

Requiring insurers, nonprofit health service plans, managed care organizations, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for specified surgical treatment of morbid obesity as recognized by the National Institutes of Health; etc.

History by Legislative Date

House Action

2/7

First Reading Economic Matters

Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.

2/9

Hearing cancelled

3/7

Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m.

3/22

Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters

3/19

Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted

Second Reading Passed with Amendments

3/20

Third Reading Passed (128-6)

4/3

House Concur - Senate Amendments

Third Reading Passed (123-11)

Passed Enrolled

5/15

Signed by the Governor Chapter 493

Senate Action

3/26

First Reading Finance

3/28

Hearing 4/4 at 1:00 p.m.

4/6

Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance

4/3

Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted

Second Reading Passed with Amendments

Motion two readings same day Const/Rule 24 (Senator Bromwell) Adopted

Third Reading Passed with Amendments (43-3)

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

HEALTH -see also- MENTAL HEALTH

HEALTH INSURANCE -see also- HMOS; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS

HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS -see also- MAN CARE ORGS

MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS -see also- HEALTH MAINT ORGS

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Health - General

( 19-706 )

Insurance

( 15-837 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled (PDF)

Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)

Amendments:

House

Number: 763191/1 (PDF)     Offered on: March 22, 2001   at: 11:50 a.m.     Status: Adopted

Senate

Number: 787376/1 (PDF)     Offered on: April 6, 2001   at: 8:41 p.m.     Status: Adopted

Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):

House

March 20, 2001: Third Reading Passed (128-6)

April 3, 2001: Third Reading Passed (123-11)

Senate

April 3, 2001: Third Reading Passed (43-3)