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2019 Regular Session

Senate Bill 838

AN ACT CONCERNING VISION PLANS, OPTOMETRISTS AND OPHTHALMOLOGISTS.

Became law as Public Act 19-201, signed July 12, 2019, 148 days after it was filed.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To (1) eliminate cost-sharing for certain mammograms and breast ultrasounds, and (2) require health insurance coverage for (A) a baseline mammogram for any woman who is thirty years of age or older, (B) an annual mammogram for any woman who receives a recommendation from such woman's treating physician and (i) is thirty years of age or older, (ii) has a family history or prior personal history of breast cancer, or (iii) has a prior personal history of breast disease diagnosed through biopsy as benign, and (C) comprehensive breast ultrasound screening for any woman who receives a recommendation from such woman's treating physician and (i) is thirty years of age or older, (ii) has a family history or prior personal history of breast cancer, or (iii) has a prior personal history of breast disease diagnosed through biopsy as benign.

Sponsors

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

Its course

February 14 to July 12, 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 action30 actions on 17 days

In the SenateFeb 14 to May 29104 days

Appropriations CommitteeMay 8 to May 135 days

In the House of RepresentativesMay 29 to Jun 46 days

Back in the SenateJun 4 to Jun 2622 days

Waiting to be sentJun 26 to Jun 282 days

With the GovernorJun 28 to Jul 1214 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Jun 4 · Senate agreed Jun 5

Text

Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

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What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

In the Senate Feb 14 – May 29

  1. Introduced and sent to Insurance and Real Estate Committee
  2. Heard in Insurance and Real Estate Committee
  3. Insurance and Real Estate Committee recommended a substitute for it
  4. Sent to Appropriations Committee
  5. Appropriations Committee recommended it
  6. Passed the Senate

In the House of Representatives May 31 – Jun 4

  1. Arrived in the House of Representatives
  2. The House of Representatives adopted House of Representatives Amendment A
  3. Passed the House of Representatives with House of Representatives Amendment A

Back in the Senate Jun 4 – Jun 26

  1. Sent to the Senate
  2. The Senate agreed to House of Representatives Amendment A
  3. Passed the Senate with House of Representatives Amendment A
  4. Numbered Public Act 19-201

To the Governor Jun 28 – Jul 12

  1. Sent to the Secretary of the State
  2. Sent to the Governor
  3. Signed by the Governor
All 30 actions, as published