HB 4495: Health Insurance
GENERAL BILL by Health Care Services ; Albright ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Casey ; Bloom ; Gottlieb ; Tamargo ; Goode ; Arnall ; Peaden ; Flanagan
Health Insurance; exempts moneys paid into medical savings account from attachment, garnishment, or legal process; requires health insurers & HMOs to include in their plans that offer mental health coverage annual & lifetime mental health benefits coverage restrictions; revises minimum standards for Medicare Supplement policies; revises requirements for insurers to issue, cancel, nonrenew, & replace such policies, etc. Amends Chs. 222, 627, 641.
Effective Date: 7/1/1998 07/01/1998
Last Action: 4/28/1998 House - Senate Bill substituted; Laid on Table, Iden./Sim./Compare Bill(s) passed, refer to CS/CS/SB 1800 (Ch. 98-159); See also CS/CS/SB 484 (Ch. 98-191) -HJ 01489
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Last Action: 4/28/1998 House - Senate Bill substituted; Laid on Table, Iden./Sim./Compare Bill(s) passed, refer to CS/CS/SB 1800 (Ch. 98-159); See also CS/CS/SB 484 (Ch. 98-191) -HJ 01489
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 3/26/1998 | House |
• Filed |
| 3/31/1998 | House |
• Introduced -HJ 00376 |
| 4/6/1998 | House |
• Referred to Civil Justice & Claims (JC); Finance & Taxation (FRC); General Government Appropriations -HJ 00463 |
| 4/14/1998 | House |
• Withdrawn from Civil Justice & Claims (JC) -HJ 00571; Now in Finance & Taxation (FRC) |
| 4/20/1998 | House |
• On Committee agenda-- Finance & Taxation (FRC), 04/21/98, 10:15 am, Morris Hall |
| 4/21/1998 | House |
• Comm. Action: Unanimously Favorable by Finance & Taxation (FRC) -HJ 00999 |
| 4/22/1998 | House |
• Now in General Government Appropriations -HJ 00999; On Committee agenda-- General Government Appropriations, 04/23/98, 4:30 pm, 214C |
| 4/23/1998 | House |
• Comm. Action:-Favorable with 1 amendment(s) by General Government Appropriations -HJ 01368 |
| 4/24/1998 | House |
• Placed on General Calendar -HJ 01368; Read second time -HJ 01119; Amendment(s) adopted -HJ 01119 |
| 4/28/1998 | House |
• Senate Bill substituted; Laid on Table, Iden./Sim./Compare Bill(s) passed, refer to CS/CS/SB 1800 (Ch. 98-159); See also CS/CS/SB 484 (Ch. 98-191) -HJ 01489 |