CHAPTER NUMBER: 606
File Code: Insurance - Health and Life
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Goldwater, Kopp, and Love
- Entitled:
-
Health Maintenance Organizations -
Reimbursement to Hospital
Emergency Facilities and Providers
Requiring a health maintenance organization to reimburse a hospital
emergency facility and provider, less any applicable co-payments, for
medical assessment and stabilization services rendered to meet the
requirements of the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Active
Labor Act; adding a specified prohibited act of health maintenance
organizations; altering a specified penalty; etc.
House Action
- 2/12
- First Reading Economic Matters
- 2/13
- Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/27
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/28
- Third Reading Passed (129-2)
- 4/5
- House Concur - Senate Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (134-2)
- Passed Enrolled
- 5/21
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 606
Senate Action
- 3/30
- First Reading Finance
- 3/31
- Hearing 4/3 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/6
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
- 4/7
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 4/8
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (46-0)
- Sponsored by:
- Delegate Marilyn R. Goldwater, District 16
- Delegate Nancy K. Kopp, District 16
- Delegate Mary Ann E. Love, District 32
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- EMERGENCIES -see also- AMBULANCES; RESCUE SQUADS
- FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
- HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS -see also- MAN. CARE ORGS
- HEALTH OCCUPATIONS
- HOSPITALS -see also- CLINICS; STATE HOSPITALS
- PATIENTS
- PENALTIES
- PHYSICIANS
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Health - General
- (
19-712.5 ,
19-729 ,
19-730
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled (PDF)
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- House
- Number: 553873/1 (PDF) Offered on: March 27, 1998 at:
10:58 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Senate
- Number: 697356/2 (PDF) Offered on: April 7, 1998 at:
11:27 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- House
- March 28, 1998: Third Reading Passed (129-2)
- April 5, 1998: Third Reading Passed (134-2)
- Senate
- April 8, 1998: Third Reading Passed (46-0)
