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2019 Regular Session

House Bill 7173

AN ACT CONCERNING CONTRACTS BETWEEN HEALTH INSURERS, OPTOMETRISTS AND OPHTHALMOLOGISTS.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate on May 28, 2019. The 2019 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To provide that no insurer, health care center, fraternal benefit society, hospital service corporation, medical service corporation or other entity delivering, issuing for delivery, renewing, amending or continuing an individual or group vision plan in this state shall include in any contract with an optometrist any provision that requires the optometrist to accept as payment an amount set by such insurer, center, society, corporation or entity for products provided to an insured or enrollee that are not covered benefits under such insured's or enrollee's plan.

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

32 co-sponsors

Robin E. Comey, Anne M. Hughes, John K. Hampton, Kevin Ryan, Peter A. Tercyak, Kim Rose, William A. Petit Jr., M.D., Juan R. Candelaria, David Michel, Philip L. Young III, Joe Verrengia, Jillian Gilchrest, Linda A. Orange, Joseph P. Gresko, Terrie E. Wood, Michael D'Agostino, Mitch Bolinsky, Josh Elliott, Ben McGorty, Kerry S. Wood, Rick Lopes, Dorinda Borer, Themis Klarides, Jill Barry, Rosa C. Rebimbas, Gail Lavielle, Nicole Klarides-Ditria, Catherine F. Abercrombie, Geraldo C. Reyes Jr., Hilda E. Santiago, Jason Perillo, Michelle L. Cook

In the Senate

    2 co-sponsors

    George S. Logan, Eric C. Berthel

    Its course

    February 21 to May 28, 2019, 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 action14 actions on 8 days

    In the House of RepresentativesFeb 21 to May 2391 days

    Insurance and Real Estate CommitteeFeb 21 to Mar 1421 days

    In the SenateMay 23 to May 28 · stopped5 days

    Amendments

    Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

    • House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted

      Adopted May 23

    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 21 – May 23

    1. Feb 21Introduced and sent to Insurance and Real Estate Committee
    2. Feb 22Heard in Insurance and Real Estate Committee
    3. Mar 14Insurance and Real Estate Committee recommended a substitute for it
    4. May 23The House of Representatives adopted House of Representatives Amendment A
    5. Passed the House of Representatives with House of Representatives Amendment A

    In the Senate May 28

    1. May 28Arrived in the Senate
    All 14 actions, as published
    1. Feb 21REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    2. Feb 22PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
    3. Mar 14Joint Favorable SubstituteBoth houses
    4. Mar 18FILED 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. May 23HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH.House of Representatives
    11. May 23HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH.House of Representatives
    12. May 28FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
    13. May 28SENATE CALENDAR NUMBERSenate
    14. May 28FILE NO.Both houses