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SB 490: Health Maintenance Organizations

GENERAL BILL by Silver

Health Maintenance Organizations; establishes exclusive liability of health maintenance organizations; provides additional criteria for certain provider contracts; specifies additional practices as unfair methods of competition or unfair or deceptive acts or practices; authorizes civil actions against HMOs by certain persons under certain circumstances; prohibits punitive damages under certain circumstances, etc. Amends 440.11, 641.28,.315,.3903,.3917. APPROPRIATION: $112,000.

Effective Date: 07/01/1998
Last Action: 5/1/1998 Senate - Died in Committee on Banking and Insurance
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    12/8/1997 Senate • Prefiled
    1/6/1998 Senate • Referred to Banking and Insurance; Judiciary; Ways and Means
    3/3/1998 Senate • Introduced, referred to Banking and Insurance; Judiciary; Ways and Means -SJ 00036
    5/1/1998 Senate • Died in Committee on Banking and Insurance

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  • SB 490, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/26/1998 at 1:49 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location
    H 1547 Health Maintenance Organizations Crow Similar Last Action: 5/1/1998 H 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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    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.

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