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2015 Regular Session

Senate Bill 175

AN ACT REQUIRING HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR PATIENT LIFTS.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Appropriations Committee on May 7, 2015. The 2015 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To require health insurance coverage for the purchase or rental of a patient lift that operates to lift an individual from a bed or a wheelchair by hydraulic operation, provided such individual's treating physician has certified, in writing, that the patient lift is medically necessary.

Sponsors

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

In the Senate

1 co-sponsor

Carlo Leone

In the House of Representatives

    2 co-sponsors

    Mary G. Fritz, Terry B. Adams

    Its course

    January 20 to May 7, 2015, 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 action13 actions on 10 days

    In the SenateJan 20 to May 7 · stopped107 days

    Insurance and Real Estate CommitteeJan 20 to Feb 2637 days

    Appropriations CommitteeMay 7 to May 7 · 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 Jan 20 – May 7

    1. Jan 20Introduced and sent to Insurance and Real Estate Committee
    2. Feb 4Drafted as a bill by Insurance and Real Estate Committee
    3. Feb 5Sent to Insurance and Real Estate Committee
    4. Feb 11Heard in Insurance and Real Estate Committee
    5. Feb 26Insurance and Real Estate Committee recommended it
    6. May 7Sent to Appropriations Committee
    All 13 actions, as published
    1. Jan 20REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    2. Jan 29Vote to DraftBoth houses
    3. Feb 4DRAFTED BY COMMITTEEBoth houses
    4. Feb 5REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    5. Feb 11PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
    6. Feb 26Joint FavorableBoth houses
    7. Feb 27FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    8. Mar 4REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
    9. Mar 10RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    10. Mar 10FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
    11. Mar 10SENATE CALENDAR NUMBERSenate
    12. Mar 10FILE NO.Both houses
    13. May 7REF. BY SEN. TO COMM. ONSenate