Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Insurance and Real Estate Committee on January 10, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.
2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 445
AN ACT CONCERNING PATIENT CHOICE AND CONTINUITY OF CARE DURING HEALTH INSURANCE CONTRACT DISPUTES.
What it does
The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.
To allow any covered person under a health insurance policy that is the subject of a health care contract dispute between such covered person's health care provider and the health insurer, resulting in such health care provider being deemed out-of-network, to terminate such policy and enroll in a new health insurance policy that provides in-network coverage, without any early termination fees, financial penalties, increased premiums, increased out-of-pocket expenses, changes in coverage or coverage gaps.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the Senate
Sponsor
Chief co-sponsor
Its course
January 10 to January 10, 2025, 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 action1 action on 1 day
In the SenateJan 10 to Jan 10 · stopped0 days
Insurance and Real Estate CommitteeJan 10 to Jan 10 · 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 10
- Jan 10Introduced and sent to Insurance and Real Estate Committee
All 1 actions, as published
- Jan 10REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses