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HB 1547: Health Maintenance Organizations

GENERAL BILL by Crow ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Flanagan ; Ogles ; Morroni ; Fuller ; Lacasa ; Villalobos ; Burroughs ; Pruitt ; Carlton ; Stabins ; Sublette ; Fasano ; Prewitt ; Livingston ; Silver ; Crist ; Murman

Health Maintenance Organizations; establishes exclusive liability of HMOs; revises award of attorney's fees in civil actions under certain circumstances; provides additional criteria for certain provider contracts; authorizes civil actions against HMO by certain persons under certain circumstances; provides for liability for damages & attorney's fees; prohibits punitive damages under certain circumstances, etc. Amends 440.11, 641.28,.315,.3903,.3917. APPROPRIATION: $112,000.

Effective Date: 07/01/1997
Last Action: 5/1/1998 House - Died in Committee on Civil Justice & Claims (JC), Iden./Sim./Compare Bill(s) passed, refer to CS/CS/HB 297 (Ch. 97-159)
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
3/18/1997 House • Filed
3/19/1997 House • Introduced -HJ 00238
4/1/1997 House • Referred to Civil Justice & Claims (JC); General Government Appropriations -HJ 00371
4/4/1997 House • On Committee agenda-- Civil Justice & Claims (JC), 04/10/97, 2:45 pm, 102-HOB --Workshop--Not considered
4/9/1997 House • On Committee agenda-- Civil Justice & Claims (JC), 04/15/97, 4:00 pm, 102-HOB --Not considered
5/2/1997 House • Carried over to 1998 Session pursuant to House Rule 96, In House Committee on Civil Justice & Claims (JC)
9/22/1997 House • On Committee agenda-- Civil Justice & Claims (JC), 10/07/97, 1:22 pm, 102-HOB --Discussed
3/3/1998 House • CARRIED OVER; Referred to Civil Justice & Claims (JC); General Government Appropriations; On Committee agenda-- Civil Justice & Claims (JC), 10/07/97, 1:22 pm, 102-HOB --Discussed
4/1/1998 House • On Committee agenda-- Civil Justice & Claims (JC), 04/08/98, 2:52 pm, 102-HOB --Meeting cancelled
4/9/1998 House • On Committee agenda-- Civil Justice & Claims (JC), 04/14/98, 1:32 pm, 102-HOB --Not considered
5/1/1998 House • Died in Committee on Civil Justice & Claims (JC), Iden./Sim./Compare Bill(s) passed, refer to CS/CS/HB 297 (Ch. 97-159)