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CS/HB 149: HMOs/Inpatient Hospital Services

GENERAL BILL by Health Care Services ; Villalobos ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Casey ; Jacobs ; Greene ; Betancourt ; Cantens ; Morroni ; Wallace ; Ritchie ; Kyle ; Farkas ; Bense ; Melvin ; Levine ; Barreiro ; Wilson ; Garcia ; Bush ; Sobel ; Chestnut ; Cosgrove ; Gottlieb ; Fasano ; Crow ; Murman ; Crist

HMOs/Inpatient Hospital Services; prohibits HMO from restricting provider's ability to provide inpatient hospital services to subscriber; requires payment for medically necessary inpatient hospital services; provides limitation; provides applicability. Amends 641.31,.315,.3155.

Effective Date: 07/01/2000
Last Action: 5/5/2000 Senate - Died in Messages, Iden./Sim./Compare Bill(s) passed, refer to CS/HB 2339 (Ch. 2000-256)
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
9/15/1999 House • Prefiled
9/23/1999 House • Referred to Health Care Services (HFC); Governmental Operations (PRC); Health Care Licensing & Regulation (HFC); Health & Human Services Appropriations (FRC)
11/19/1999 House • On Committee agenda-- Health Care Services (HFC), 12/08/99, 3:30 pm, Reed Hall --Temporarily deferred
1/7/2000 House • On Committee agenda-- Health Care Services (HFC), 01/19/00, 3:30 pm, Reed Hall --Temporarily deferred
1/28/2000 House • On Committee agenda-- Health Care Services (HFC), 02/08/00, 3:30 pm, Reed Hall
2/8/2000 House • Comm. Action: CS by Health Care Services (HFC); YEAS 14 NAYS 0
2/23/2000 House • Pending review of CS under Rule 113
2/25/2000 House • Now in Governmental Operations (PRC)
3/6/2000 House • On Committee agenda-- Governmental Operations (PRC), 03/08/00, 1:00 pm, 317-C
3/7/2000 House • Introduced, referred to Health Care Services (HFC); Governmental Operations (PRC); Health Care Licensing & Regulation (HFC); Health & Human Services Appropriations (FRC) -HJ 00018; On Committee agenda-- Health Care Services (HFC), 12/08/99, 3:30 pm, Reed Hall --Temporarily deferred; On Committee agenda-- Health Care Services (HFC), 01/19/00, 3:30 pm, Reed Hall --Temporarily deferred; On Committee agenda-- Health Care Services (HFC), 02/08/00, 3:30 pm, Reed Hall; Comm. Action: CS by Health Care Services (HFC); YEAS 14 NAYS 0 -HJ 00150; CS read first time on 03/07/00 -HJ 00124; Pending review of CS under Rule 113 -HJ 00150; Now in Governmental Operations (PRC) -HJ 00150; On Committee agenda-- Governmental Operations (PRC), 03/08/00, 1:00 pm, 317-C
3/8/2000 House • Comm. Action: Favorable with 3 amendment(s) by Governmental Operations (PRC); YEAS 4 NAYS 0 -HJ 00219
3/9/2000 House • Now in Health Care Licensing & Regulation (HFC) -HJ 00219
3/14/2000 House • On Committee agenda-- Health Care Licensing & Regulation (HFC), 03/16/00, 9:00 am, Morris Hall
3/16/2000 House • Comm. Action: Favorable by Health Care Licensing & Regulation (HFC); YEAS 9 NAYS 3 -HJ 00336
3/17/2000 House • Now in Health & Human Services Appropriations (FRC) -HJ 00336
3/29/2000 House • Withdrawn from Health & Human Services Appropriations (FRC) -HJ 00342; Placed on Calendar
4/27/2000 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar; Read second time -HJ 00849; Amendment(s) adopted -HJ 00849; Was taken up -HJ 00851
5/1/2000 House • Read third time -HJ 01346; CS passed as amended; YEAS 116 NAYS 0 -HJ 01346
5/1/2000 Senate • In Messages
5/5/2000 Senate • Died in Messages, Iden./Sim./Compare Bill(s) passed, refer to CS/HB 2339 (Ch. 2000-256)