Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives on March 10, 2020. The 2020 session has ended.
2020 Regular Session
House Bill 5257
AN ACT REQUIRING HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR PRESCRIPTION EYEGLASSES FOR COVERED DEPENDENT CHILDREN WHO ARE YOUNGER THAN NINETEEN YEARS OF AGE.
What it does
The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.
To require health insurance coverage for (1) at least one pair of prescription eyeglasses during each policy year for each covered dependent child who is younger than nineteen years of age, and (2) not more than one additional pair of prescription eyeglasses for such child during such policy year if the pair of covered prescription eyeglasses that such child previously received during such policy year is lost during such policy year.
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
Sponsor
1 co-sponsor
In the Senate
1 co-sponsor
Its course
February 20 to March 10, 2020, 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 action3 actions on 3 days
In the House of RepresentativesFeb 20 to Mar 10 · stopped19 days
Insurance and Real Estate CommitteeFeb 20 to Mar 1019 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 20 – Mar 10
- Feb 20Introduced and sent to Insurance and Real Estate Committee
- Mar 5Heard in Insurance and Real Estate Committee
- Mar 10Insurance and Real Estate Committee recommended it
All 3 actions, as published
- Feb 20REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
- Mar 5PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
- Mar 10Joint FavorableBoth houses