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2007 Regular Session

House Bill 7263

AN ACT CONCERNING HEALTH CARE CENTERS AND INSOLVENCY PROTECTION.

Became law as Public Act 07-178, signed July 5, 2007, 133 days after it was filed.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To authorize out-of-network benefits of a health care center in an amount in excess of ten per cent of the center's claims with the prior approval of the Insurance Commissioner and the establishment of an uncovered expenditures insolvency deposit; to specify contractual provisions dealing with situations when a health care center fails to pay for health care services pursuant to its contract with a participating provider, and holding the enrollee harmless for such expenses; to require that the contract between a health care center and a participating provider shall inform the provider of the provisions of the law making it an unfair trade practice to request payment from an enrollee, other than a copayment or deductible, for covered medical services, or to report to a credit reporting agency an enrollee's failure to pay a bill for medical services when a health care center has primary responsibility for payment of such services; to require health care centers to deposit five hundred thousand dollars with the Insurance Commissioner to be used to protect enrollees and assure continuation of coverage of health care services to enrollees of a center that is in receivership; and to adopt a new section which requires health care centers to post an additional deposit equal to at least one hundred twenty per cent of uncovered expenditures, if uncovered expenditures exceed ten per cent of total health care expenditures of the health care center.

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

In the Senate

    2 co-sponsors

    Joseph J. Crisco Jr., Edwin A. Gomes

    Its course

    February 22 to July 5, 2007, 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 action37 actions on 19 days

    In the House of RepresentativesFeb 22 to May 875 days

    Insurance and Real Estate CommitteeFeb 22 to Mar 1319 days

    Judiciary CommitteeApr 17 to Apr 236 days

    In the SenateMay 8 to Jun 528 days

    Finance, Revenue and Bonding CommitteeMay 16 to May 226 days

    Public Health CommitteeMay 23 to May 307 days

    Waiting to be sentJun 5 to Jun 2520 days

    With the GovernorJun 25 to Jul 510 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 22 – May 8

    1. Feb 22Introduced and sent to Insurance and Real Estate Committee
    2. Mar 2Heard in Insurance and Real Estate Committee
    3. Mar 13Insurance and Real Estate Committee recommended it
    4. Apr 17Sent to Judiciary Committee
    5. Apr 23Judiciary Committee recommended it
    6. May 8Passed the House of Representatives

    In the Senate May 10 – Jun 5

    1. May 10Arrived in the Senate
    2. May 16Sent to Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee
    3. May 22Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee recommended it
    4. May 23Sent to Public Health Committee
    5. May 30Public Health Committee recommended it
    6. Jun 5Passed the Senate

    To the Governor Jun 19 – Jul 5

    1. Jun 19Numbered Public Act 07-178
    2. Jun 25Sent to the Secretary of the State
    3. Jul 5Signed by the Governor
    All 37 actions, as published
    1. Feb 22REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    2. Mar 2PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
    3. Mar 13Joint FavorableBoth houses
    4. Mar 15FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    5. Mar 26REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
    6. Apr 2RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    7. Apr 2FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
    8. Apr 2HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBERHouse of Representatives
    9. Apr 2FILE NO.Both houses
    10. Apr 17REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ONHouse of Representatives
    11. Apr 23Joint FavorableBoth houses
    12. Apr 24FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    13. Apr 24RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    14. Apr 24NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ONBoth houses
    15. Apr 24TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
    16. May 8HOUSE PASSEDHouse of Representatives
    17. May 10FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
    18. May 10SENATE CALENDAR NUMBERSenate
    19. May 16REF. BY SEN. TO COMM. ONSenate
    20. May 16IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO COMMITTEESenate
    21. May 22Joint FavorableBoth houses
    22. May 22FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    23. May 22RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    24. May 22NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ONBoth houses
    25. May 22FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
    26. May 23REF. BY SEN. TO COMM. ONSenate
    27. May 23IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO COMMITTEESenate
    28. May 30Joint FavorableBoth houses
    29. May 30FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    30. May 30RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    31. May 30NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ONBoth houses
    32. May 30FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
    33. Jun 5SENATE PASSEDSenate
    34. Jun 5ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCESenate
    35. Jun 19PUBLIC ACTBoth houses
    36. Jun 25TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATEBoth houses
    37. Jul 5SIGNED BY GOVERNORGovernor