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CS/CS/HB 809: Health Insurers & HMOs

GENERAL BILL by Council for Competitive Commerce ; Insurance ; Murman ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Waters ; Benson ; Harrell ; Ritter ; Sobel ; Slosberg ; Farkas ; Simmons ; Negron ; Romeo ; Prieguez ; Melvin ; Kallinger ; Ross ; Clarke ; Bucher ; Cusack ; Littlefield ; Joyner ; Diaz de la Portilla ; Brown

Health Insurers & HMOs; prohibits health insurers from requiring certain contracted health care practitioners to accept terms of other health care contracts as condition of continuation or renewal; provides exceptions; applies such prohibition to group health insurance, blanket health insurance, & franchise health insurance; applies such prohibition to health maintenance organizations. Creates 627.6474; amends 627.662, 641.315.

Effective Date: 07/01/2001
Last Action: 4/25/2001 House - Placed on Special Order Calendar; Senate Bill substituted; Laid on Table, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/SB 836 (Ch. 2001-107) -HJ 00687
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
3/1/2001 House • Prefiled
3/6/2001 House • Introduced -HJ 00064
3/7/2001 House • Referred to Insurance (CCC); Health Promotion (HCC); Council for Competitive Commerce -HJ 00192
3/16/2001 House • On Committee agenda-- Insurance (CCC), 03/20/01, 2:15 pm, Reed Hall
3/20/2001 House • CS by Insurance (CCC); YEAS 14 NAYS 0 -HJ 00412
3/30/2001 House • CS read first time on 03/30/01 -HJ 00406
• On Committee agenda-- Health Promotion (HCC), 04/03/01, 8:00 am, 404-H
3/28/2001 House • Pending review of CS under Rule 6 -HJ 00412
3/29/2001 House • Now in Health Promotion (HCC) -HJ 00412
4/3/2001 House • Favorable with 1 amendment(s) by Health Promotion (HCC); YEAS 9 NAYS 0 -HJ 00474
4/4/2001 House • Now in Council for Competitive Commerce -HJ 00474
4/9/2001 House • On Council agenda-- Council for Competitive Commerce, 04/11/01, 8:00 am, Reed Hall
4/11/2001 House • CS/CS by- Council for Competitive Commerce; YEAS 12 NAYS 0 -HJ 00532
4/16/2001 House • CS read first time on 04/16/01 -HJ 00530
• Placed on Calendar, on second reading -HJ 00532
4/13/2001 House • Pending review of CS under Rule 6 -HJ 00532
4/25/2001 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar; Senate Bill substituted; Laid on Table, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/SB 836 (Ch. 2001-107) -HJ 00687