File Code: Insurance - Health and Life
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegate Barve
- Entitled:
-
Health Insurers - Recovery of Costs of Treatment from Third Parties -
Tobacco-Related Diseases
Authorizing health insurers and health maintenance organizations to
seek reimbursement from third parties for the cost of health care
services provided to their insureds for treatment of a tobacco-related
disease under specified circumstances; specifying the rights of a
health insurer and health maintenance organization in regard to
recovery of those costs from third parties; specifying the
availability of certain defenses and procedures normally available to
third parties for use in specified causes of action; etc.
House Action
- 2/2
- First Reading Economic Matters
- 2/8
- Re-assigned Environmental Matters
- 2/14
- Hearing 2/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- 2/16
- Hearing cancelled
- 2/19
- Withdrawn
Senate Action
- No Action
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- CIGARETTES -see also- SMOKING
- CIVIL ACTIONS -see also- SMALL CLAIMS
- DISEASES -see also- AIDS
- HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS
- INSURANCE-HEALTH -see also- HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS
- TOBACCO
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Health - General
- (
19-706
)
- Article - 48A Insurance Code
- (
490FF
)
- Bill Text:
- First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Not available at this time
Amendments:
None available
