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CS/SB 968: Employee Health Care Plans

GENERAL BILL by Banking and Insurance ; Detert

Employee Health Care Plans; Removing provisions requiring certain insurance carriers to provide semiannual reports to the Office of Insurance Regulation; repealing requirements that certain insurance carriers offer standard, basic, high deductible, and limited health benefit plans; authorizing certain health benefit plans to use a stop-loss insurance policy; defining the term “stop-loss insurance policy”; providing requirements for such policies, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2015
 Last Action: 4/28/2015 Senate - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 731 (Ch. 2015-121) -SJ 691
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Banking and Insurance (BI)
  2. Commerce and Tourism (CM)
  3. Appropriations (AP)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    2/17/2015 Senate • Filed
    2/26/2015 Senate • Referred to Banking and Insurance; Commerce and Tourism; Appropriations -SJ 98
    3/3/2015 Senate • Introduced -SJ 98
    3/18/2015 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 03/23/15, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Office Building
    3/23/2015 Senate • CS by Banking and Insurance; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 -SJ 259
    3/25/2015 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    • Now in Commerce and Tourism -SJ 259
    • On Committee agenda-- Commerce and Tourism, 03/30/15, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Office Building
    3/30/2015 Senate • Favorable by Commerce and Tourism; YEAS 4 NAYS 0 -SJ 258
    3/31/2015 Senate • Now in Appropriations -SJ 258
    • CS by Banking and Insurance read 1st time -SJ 272
    4/13/2015 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/16/15, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
    4/16/2015 Senate • Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 -SJ 425
    4/17/2015 Senate • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 425
    4/24/2015 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/28/15
    4/28/2015 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 690
    • Substituted CS/CS/HB 731 -SJ 691
    • Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 731 (Ch. 2015-121) -SJ 691

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  • CS/SB 968, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 3/25/2015 at 12:34 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Commerce and Tourism (Pre-Meeting) 3/27/2015 (pdf)
    Commerce and Tourism (Post-Meeting) 3/30/2015 (pdf)
    Appropriations (Pre-Meeting) 4/15/2015 (pdf)
    Appropriations (Post-Meeting) 4/17/2015 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 731 (er) Employee Health Care Plans Plakon Identical Last Action: 6/11/2015 Chapter No. 2015-121
    Location: Became Law     		Track This Bill

    Committee Votes (2)

    Date Committee Result
    3/30/2015 4:00 PM Commerce and Tourism 4 Yeas - 0 Nays
    4/16/2015 9:00 AM Appropriations 17 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (9)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    627.642 Outline of coverage. Page 36 (pdf)
    627.6475 Individual reinsurance pool. Page 38 (pdf)
    627.657 Provisions of group health insurance policies. Page 39 (pdf)
    627.6571 Guaranteed renewability of coverage. Page 40 (pdf)
    627.6675 Conversion on termination of eligibility. Page 40 (pdf)
    627.6699 Employee Health Care Access Act. Page 1 (pdf)
    627.66997 Page 35 (pdf)
    641.31074 Guaranteed renewability of coverage. Page 41 (pdf)
    641.3922 Conversion contracts; conditions. Page 42 (pdf)

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  • SB 968, Original Filed Version Posted 2/17/2015 at 1:48 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Banking and Insurance (Pre-Meeting) 3/20/2015 (pdf)
    Banking and Insurance (Post-Meeting) 3/25/2015 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 731 (c2) Employee Health Care Plans Plakon Similar Last Action: 6/11/2015 Chapter No. 2015-121
    Location: Became Law     		Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    195386 - Amendment
    Delete lines 1002 - 1015 and insert:     		Banking and Insurance
    (Detert)     		3/20/2015
    1:08 PM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    3/23/2015     		Web Page
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    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    3/23/2015 1:30 PM Banking and Insurance 10 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (9)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    627.642 Outline of coverage. Page 36 (pdf)
    627.6475 Individual reinsurance pool. Page 37 (pdf)
    627.657 Provisions of group health insurance policies. Page 38 (pdf)
    627.6571 Guaranteed renewability of coverage. Page 39 (pdf)
    627.6675 Conversion on termination of eligibility. Page 39 (pdf)
    627.6699 Employee Health Care Access Act. Page 1 (pdf)
    627.66997 Page 35 (pdf)
    641.31074 Guaranteed renewability of coverage. Page 40 (pdf)
    641.3922 Conversion contracts; conditions. Page 41 (pdf)

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