Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Appropriations Committee on April 19, 2005. The 2005 session has ended.
2005 Regular Session
House Bill 6654
AN ACT CONCERNING SMALL BUSINESS ACCESS TO HEALTH INSURANCE.
What it does
The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.
To (1) eliminate age as a community rating classification for small employer health plans; (2) allow small employer plans and other health insurance plans to combine copayments with deductibles and to allow small employer plans to offer reduced benefit plans; (3) establish a loan program to help state residents pay for health insurance when unemployed or below a certain income level; (4) require physicians to provide the Insurance Commissioner with a list of their usual and customary fees for office visits and procedures; and (5) establish a working group to study mechanisms to measure health care provider performance.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
Its course
February 9 to April 19, 2005, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action10 actions on 6 days
In the House of RepresentativesFeb 9 to Apr 19 · stopped69 days
Insurance and Real Estate CommitteeFeb 9 to Mar 2443 days
Appropriations CommitteeApr 19 to Apr 19 · stopped0 days
Text
Each version as the General Assembly printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.
In the House of Representatives Feb 9 – Apr 19
- Feb 9Introduced and sent to Insurance and Real Estate Committee
- Feb 10Heard in Insurance and Real Estate Committee
- Mar 24Insurance and Real Estate Committee recommended a substitute for it
- Apr 19Sent to Appropriations Committee
All 10 actions, as published
- Feb 9REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
- Feb 10PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
- Mar 24Joint Favorable SubstituteBoth houses
- Mar 24FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
- Apr 4REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
- Apr 11RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
- Apr 11FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
- Apr 11HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBERHouse of Representatives
- Apr 11FILE NO.Both houses
- Apr 19REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ONHouse of Representatives