CHAPTER NUMBER: 398
File Code: Insurance - Health and Life
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 640
- Sponsored By:
-
Senators Derr, Della, and Teitelbaum
- Entitled:
-
Health Insurance - Coverage for General Anesthesia for Dental Care
Requiring insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health
maintenance organizations to provide coverage for general anesthesia
and associated hospital or ambulatory facility charges in conjunction
with dental care provided to an individual who meets a specified age,
developmental, or emotional criteria; permitting health insurers to
require prior authorization and performance of dental care by
specified dentists; excluding coverage for temporal mandibular joint
disorders; applying the Act; etc.
Senate Action
- 2/6
- First Reading Finance
- 2/11
- Hearing 3/5 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/24
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
- 3/25
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/27
- Third Reading Passed (45-1)
- 4/13
- Senate Concur - House Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (46-1)
- Passed Enrolled
- 5/12
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 398
House Action
- 3/27
- First Reading Economic Matters
- 3/31
- Hearing 4/2 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/8
- 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 (130-6)
- Sponsored by:
- Senator John W. Derr, District 3
- Senator George W. Della, Jr., District 47
- Senator Leonard H. Teitelbaum, District 19
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- CLINICS
- DENTISTS
- HEALTH -see also- MENTAL HEALTH
- HEALTH INSURANCE -see also- HMO; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS.
- HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS -see also- MAN. CARE ORGS
- HEALTH OCCUPATIONS
- HOSPITALS -see also- CLINICS; STATE HOSPITALS
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Health - General
- (
19-706
)
- Insurance
- (
15-826
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled (PDF)
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- Senate
- Number: 427251/1 (PDF) Offered on: March 25, 1998 at:
12:33 p.m. Status: Adopted
- House
- Number: 373378/2 (PDF) Offered on: April 8, 1998 at:
10:29 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- Senate
- March 27, 1998: Third Reading Passed (45-1)
- April 13, 1998: Third Reading Passed (46-0)
- House
- April 4, 1998: Third Reading Passed (130-6)
