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CS/CS/SB 856: Vision Care Plans

GENERAL BILL by Rules ; Banking and Insurance ; Latvala

Vision Care Plans; Providing that a health insurer, a prepaid limited health service organization, and a health maintenance organization, respectively, may not require a licensed ophthalmologist or optometrist to join a network solely for the purpose of credentialing the licensee for another vision network; providing that such insurers and organizations are not prevented by the act from entering into a contract with another vision care plan; providing that such insurers and organizations may not restrict or limit a licensed ophthalmologist, optometrist, or optician to specific suppliers of materials or optical laboratories, etc.

Effective Date: 1/1/2016
 Last Action: 4/28/2015 House - Died in Messages
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Banking and Insurance (BI)
  2. Judiciary (JU)
  3. Rules (RC)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    2/12/2015 Senate • Filed
    2/20/2015 Senate • Referred to Banking and Insurance; Judiciary; Rules -SJ 90
    3/3/2015 Senate • Introduced -SJ 90
    3/12/2015 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 03/17/15, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Office Building
    3/17/2015 Senate • CS by Banking and Insurance; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 -SJ 221
    3/18/2015 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    • CS by Banking and Insurance read 1st time -SJ 223
    3/19/2015 Senate • Now in Judiciary -SJ 221
    3/20/2015 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/24/15, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Office Building
    3/24/2015 Senate • Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 -SJ 259
    3/25/2015 Senate • Now in Rules -SJ 259
    3/30/2015 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/02/15, 11:30 am, 110 Senate Office Building
    4/2/2015 Senate • CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 -SJ 351
    4/3/2015 Senate • Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 351
    • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/08/15
    4/7/2015 Senate • CS/CS by Rules read 1st time -SJ 353
    4/8/2015 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 372
    • Placed on 3rd reading
    4/14/2015 Senate • Read 3rd time -SJ 401
    • CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 -SJ 401
    • Immediately certified -SJ 402
    4/14/2015 House • In Messages
    4/28/2015 House • Died in Messages

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  • CS/CS/SB 856, Committee Substitute 2 (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/6/2015 at 1:13 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 769 (c1) Health Provider Contracts Peters Similar Last Action: 4/28/2015 H Died in Insurance and Banking Subcommittee
    Location: In committee/council (IBS)     		Track This Bill

    Floor Votes (1)

    Date Chamber Result
    4/14/2015 11:03 AM Senate 38 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (3)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    627.6474 Provider contracts. Page 1 (pdf)
    636.035 Provider arrangements. Page 2 (pdf)
    641.315 Provider contracts. Page 3 (pdf)

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  • CS/SB 856, Committee Substitute 1 Posted 3/18/2015 at 3:43 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Judiciary (Pre-Meeting) 3/23/2015 (pdf)
    Judiciary (Post-Meeting) 3/24/2015 (pdf)
    Rules (Pre-Meeting) 3/30/2015 (pdf)
    Rules (Post-Meeting) 4/3/2015 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 769 (c1) Health Provider Contracts Peters Similar Last Action: 4/28/2015 H Died in Insurance and Banking Subcommittee
    Location: In committee/council (IBS)     		Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    490478 - Amendment (Delete All)
    Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:     		Rules
    (Latvala)     		4/1/2015
    11:05 AM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    4/2/2015     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (2)

    Date Committee Result
    3/24/2015 4:00 PM Judiciary 9 Yeas - 0 Nays
    4/2/2015 11:30 AM Rules 11 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (3)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    627.6474 Provider contracts. Page 1 (pdf)
    636.035 Provider arrangements. Page 2 (pdf)
    641.315 Provider contracts. Page 3 (pdf)

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  • SB 856, Original Filed Version Posted 2/12/2015 at 9:24 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Banking and Insurance (Pre-Meeting) 3/16/2015 (pdf)
    Banking and Insurance (Post-Meeting) 3/18/2015 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 769 Vision Insurance Peters Identical Last Action: 4/28/2015 H Died in Insurance and Banking Subcommittee
    Location: In committee/council (IBS)     		Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    298990 - Amendment (Delete All)
    Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:     		Banking and Insurance
    (Montford)     		3/16/2015
    8:26 AM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    3/17/2015     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    3/17/2015 9:00 AM Banking and Insurance 10 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    501.501 Page 1 (pdf)

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