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2010 Regular Session

House Bill 5009

AN ACT CONCERNING WELLNESS PROGRAMS AND EXPANSION OF HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives on April 12, 2010. The 2010 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To expand or require health insurance coverage for ostomy-related supplies, prosthetic devices, hearing aids for children, wigs for patients who suffer hair loss due to certain medical conditions, and bone marrow testing; to prohibit the imposition of a coinsurance, copayment, deductible or other out-of-pocket expense for any additional colonoscopy ordered in a policy year by a physician for an insured; to promote health behavior wellness, maintenance or improvement program participation by requiring insurers to offer such programs, and to require an incentive or reward for such participation.

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

4 co-sponsors

Mary G. Fritz, Thomas J. Drew, Linda M. Gentile, Kim Fawcett

In the Senate

    3 co-sponsors

    John W. Fonfara, John McKinney, Mary Ann Handley

    Its course

    February 3 to April 13, 2010, 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 action15 actions on 9 days

    In the House of RepresentativesFeb 3 to Apr 12 · stopped68 days

    Insurance and Real Estate CommitteeFeb 3 to Feb 1613 days

    Appropriations CommitteeApr 5 to Apr 127 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 3 – Apr 12

    1. Feb 3Introduced and sent to Insurance and Real Estate Committee
    2. Feb 5Heard in Insurance and Real Estate Committee
    3. Feb 16Insurance and Real Estate Committee recommended it
    4. Apr 5Sent to Appropriations Committee
    5. Apr 12Appropriations Committee recommended it
    All 15 actions, as published
    1. Feb 3REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    2. Feb 5PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
    3. Feb 16Joint FavorableBoth houses
    4. Feb 17FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    5. Feb 25REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
    6. Mar 3RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    7. Mar 3FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
    8. Mar 3HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBERHouse of Representatives
    9. Mar 3FILE NO.Both houses
    10. Apr 5REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ONHouse of Representatives
    11. Apr 13FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    12. Apr 13RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    13. Apr 13NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ONBoth houses
    14. Apr 13TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
    15. Apr 12Joint FavorableBoth houses