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2006 Regular Session

Senate Bill 552

AN ACT REQUIRING A STUDY OF HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR MEDICAL SERVICES AND TREATMENT FOR MORBID OBESITY AND PROSTHETIC DEVICES.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives on April 28, 2006. The 2006 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To require individual and group health insurance policies to provide coverage for medically necessary expenses associated with the diagnosis and treatment of morbid obesity, including, bariatric surgery and associated physician office visits, health and behavior assessments, nutrition education, patient self-management education and training and therapeutic exercises.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

In the House of Representatives

    2 co-sponsors

    Themis Klarides, Robert T. Keeley Jr.

    Its course

    March 2 to April 28, 2006, 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 action22 actions on 10 days

    In the SenateMar 2 to Apr 2857 days

    Insurance and Real Estate CommitteeMar 2 to Mar 1614 days

    Joint Committee on Legislative ManagementApr 5 to Apr 61 day

    In the House of RepresentativesApr 28 to Apr 28 · 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 Senate Mar 2 – Apr 28

    1. Mar 2Introduced and sent to Insurance and Real Estate Committee
    2. Mar 10Heard in Insurance and Real Estate Committee
    3. Mar 16Insurance and Real Estate Committee recommended a substitute for it
    4. Apr 5Sent to Joint Committee on Legislative Management
    5. Apr 6Joint Committee on Legislative Management recommended a substitute for it
    6. Apr 28Passed the Senate

    In the House of Representatives Apr 28

    1. Apr 28Sent to the House of Representatives
    All 22 actions, as published
    1. Mar 2REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    2. Mar 10PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
    3. Mar 16Joint Favorable SubstituteBoth houses
    4. Mar 16FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    5. Mar 23REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
    6. Mar 29RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    7. Mar 29FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
    8. Mar 29SENATE CALENDAR NUMBERSenate
    9. Mar 29FILE NO.Both houses
    10. Apr 5REF. BY SEN. TO COMM. ONSenate
    11. Apr 5IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO COMMITTEESenate
    12. Apr 6Joint Favorable SubstituteBoth houses
    13. Apr 6FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    14. Apr 7REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
    15. Apr 13RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    16. Apr 13NEW FILE BY COMM. ONBoth houses
    17. Apr 13FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
    18. Apr 13FILE NO.Both houses
    19. Apr 28SENATE PASSEDSenate
    20. Apr 28RULES SUSPENDED,TRANS.TO HOUSESenate
    21. Apr 28FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
    22. Apr 28HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBERHouse of Representatives