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.
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
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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)
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HB 1547, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 8/28/2000 at 11:08 AM
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF Analyses: Civil Justice & Claims (Post-Meeting) 4/14/1997 (pdf)
Civil Justice & Claims (Post-Meeting) 4/14/1997 (pdf)
Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location S 490 Health Maintenance Organizations Silver Similar Last Action: 5/1/1998 S Died in Committee on Banking and Insurance
Location:Citations - Statutes (5)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 440.11 Exclusiveness of liability. 641.28 Civil remedy. 641.315 Provider contracts. 641.3903 Unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices defined. 641.3917 Civil liability.