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CS/CS/SB 1800: Health Insurance

GENERAL BILL by Health Care ; Banking and Insurance ; Diaz-Balart

Health Insurance; exempts moneys paid into Roth individual retirement account from creditors' claims; exempts moneys paid into Medical Savings Account from attachment, garnishment, or legal process; specifies exceptions to guaranteed renewability of individual health insurance policies; requires DOI to annually establish standard risk rates for purposes of determining maximum premiums for conversion policies, etc. Amends Chs. 222, 627, 641.

Effective Date: 01/01/1999
Last Action: 5/22/1998 - Became Law without Governor's Signature; Chapter No. 98-159
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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
3/3/1998 Senate • Filed
3/11/1998 Senate • Introduced, referred to Banking and Insurance; Health Care; Ways and Means -SJ 00159
3/18/1998 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 03/23/98, 3:00 pm, Room-EL
3/23/1998 Senate • Comm. Action: CS by Banking and Insurance -SJ 00304; CS read first time on 03/25/98 -SJ 00317
3/25/1998 Senate • Now in Health Care -SJ 00304
3/26/1998 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Health Care, 03/31/98, 9:00 am, Room-EL
3/31/1998 Senate • Comm. Action: CS/CS by Health Care -SJ 00375; CS read first time on 04/02/98 -SJ 00381
4/2/1998 Senate • Now in Ways and Means -SJ 00375
4/10/1998 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Ways and Means, 04/15/98, 2:00 pm, Room-EL --Withdrawn
4/13/1998 Senate • Withdrawn from Ways and Means -SJ 00433; Placed on Calendar
4/17/1998 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar -SJ 00528
4/21/1998 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar -SJ 00528
4/22/1998 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar -SJ 00741; Read second time -SJ 00782; Amendment(s) adopted -SJ 00782; Ordered engrossed -SJ 00784
4/23/1998 Senate • Read third time -SJ 00860; Amendment(s) adopted -SJ 00860; CS passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 -SJ 00860; Immediately certified -SJ 00860
4/23/1998 House • In Messages
4/28/1998 House • Received -HJ 01431; In Government Services Council, pending ranking -HJ 01432; Substituted for HB 4495 -HJ 01489; Read second and third times -HJ 01489; CS passed; YEAS 114 NAYS 0 -HJ 01490
4/28/1998 Senate • Ordered enrolled -SJ 01098
5/6/1998 • Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
5/22/1998 • Became Law without Governor's Signature; Chapter No. 98-159