l9n/ Connecticut

2008 Regular Session

House Bill 5446

AN ACT CONCERNING STANDARDS IN CONTRACTS BETWEEN HEALTH INSURERS AND PHYSICIANS.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Insurance and Real Estate Committee on March 11, 2008. The 2008 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To establish standards for contracts between health insurers and physicians and to establish a task force to study contracts between contracting health organizations and physicians to determine if legislation is needed to address contracts that allow changes (1) unilaterally, or (2) to provider billed service codes without a reasonable investigation based on all available claim-related medical records.

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

1 co-sponsor

David A. Scribner

In the Senate

    2 co-sponsors

    Mary Ann Handley, Gayle S. Slossberg

    Its course

    February 15 to March 11, 2008, 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 action7 actions on 5 days

    In the House of RepresentativesFeb 15 to Mar 11 · stopped25 days

    Public Health CommitteeFeb 15 to Mar 721 days

    Insurance and Real Estate CommitteeMar 7 to Mar 11 · stopped4 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 15 – Mar 7

    1. Feb 15Introduced and sent to Public Health Committee
    2. Feb 25Heard in Public Health Committee
    3. Mar 7Public Health Committee recommended it and sent it to Insurance and Real Estate Committee
    All 7 actions, as published
    1. Feb 15REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    2. Feb 25PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
    3. Mar 7Joint Favorable Change of ReferenceBoth houses
    4. Mar 7FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    5. Mar 10RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    6. Mar 11FAV. CHG. OF REF. HOUSE TO COMM. ONHouse of Representatives
    7. Mar 11FAV. CHG. OF REF., SEN. TO COMM. ONSenate