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2011 Regular Session

Senate Bill 17

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

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Insurance and Real Estate Committee on February 8, 2011. The 2011 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 Senate

2 co-sponsors

Joseph J. Crisco Jr., Edith G. Prague

In the House of Representatives

    2 co-sponsors

    Linda M. Gentile, Russell A. Morin

    Its course

    January 5 to February 8, 2011, 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 action6 actions on 6 days

    In the SenateJan 5 to Feb 8 · stopped34 days

    Insurance and Real Estate CommitteeJan 5 to Feb 8 · stopped34 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 Jan 5 – Feb 8

    1. Jan 5Introduced and sent to Insurance and Real Estate Committee
    2. Jan 18Drafted as a bill by Insurance and Real Estate Committee
    3. Jan 19Sent to Insurance and Real Estate Committee
    4. Jan 28Heard in Insurance and Real Estate Committee
    5. Feb 8A motion to recommend it failed
    All 6 actions, as published
    1. Jan 5REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    2. Jan 14Vote to DraftBoth houses
    3. Jan 18DRAFTED BY COMMITTEEBoth houses
    4. Jan 19REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    5. Jan 28PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
    6. Feb 8MOTION FAILEDBoth houses