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CS/CS/CS/SB 736: Coverage for Air Ambulance Services

GENERAL BILL by Rules ; Health Policy ; Banking and Insurance ; Diaz

Coverage for Air Ambulance Services; Requiring health insurers and health maintenance organizations, respectively, to provide reasonable reimbursement to air ambulance services for certain covered services; providing that such reimbursement may be reduced only by certain amounts; providing that full payment of an applicable copayment, coinsurance, or deductible constitutes an accord, satisfaction, and release of certain claims, etc.

Effective Date: Upon becoming a law
Last Action: 3/11/2020 Senate - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 747 (Ch. 2020-177) -SJ 683
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Banking and Insurance (BI)
  2. Health Policy (HP)
  3. Rules (RC)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    11/4/2019 Senate • Filed
    11/21/2019 Senate • Referred to Banking and Insurance; Health Policy; Rules -SJ 56
    1/14/2020 Senate • Introduced -SJ 56
    1/16/2020 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 01/21/20, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
    1/21/2020 Senate • CS by Banking and Insurance; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -SJ 155
    1/22/2020 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    1/23/2020 Senate • Now in Health Policy
    1/27/2020 Senate • CS by Banking and Insurance read 1st time -SJ 195
    2/6/2020 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 02/11/20, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building
    2/11/2020 Senate • CS/CS by Health Policy; YEAS 9 NAYS 1 -SJ 307
    2/12/2020 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    • Now in Rules
    2/13/2020 Senate • CS/CS by Health Policy read 1st time -SJ 308
    2/26/2020 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/02/20, 12:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
    3/2/2020 Senate • CS/CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 15 NAYS 1 -SJ 411
    3/4/2020 Senate • Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    • CS/CS/CS by Rules read 1st time -SJ 413
    3/6/2020 Senate • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
    3/9/2020 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/11/20 -SJ 724
    3/11/2020 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 683
    • Substituted CS/CS/HB 747 -SJ 683
    • Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 747 (Ch. 2020-177) -SJ 683

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  • CS/CS/CS/SB 736, Committee Substitute 3 (Current Bill Version) Posted 3/4/2020 at 10:04 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 747 (er) Coverage for Air Ambulance Services Williamson Similar Last Action: 9/21/2020 Chapter No. 2020-177

    Citations - Statutes (2)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    627.42397 Page 1 (pdf)
    641.514 Page 2 (pdf)

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  • CS/CS/SB 736, Committee Substitute 2 Posted 2/12/2020 at 3:38 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Rules (Pre-Meeting) 2/28/2020 (pdf)
    Rules (Post-Meeting) 3/4/2020 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 747 (e1) Coverage for Air Ambulance Services Williamson Similar Last Action: 9/21/2020 Chapter No. 2020-177

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    313996 - Amendment
    Delete lines 40 - 83 and insert:
    Rules
    (Diaz)
    2/27/2020
    8:33 AM
    Replaced by Committee Substitute
    3/3/2020
    Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    3/2/2020 12:00 PM Rules 15 Yeas - 1 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (2)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    627.42397 Page 1 (pdf)
    641.514 Page 2 (pdf)

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  • CS/SB 736, Committee Substitute 1 Posted 1/22/2020 at 2:08 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Health Policy (Pre-Meeting) 2/10/2020 (pdf)
    Health Policy (Post-Meeting) 2/12/2020 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 747 (c2) Coverage for Air Ambulance Services Williamson Similar Last Action: 9/21/2020 Chapter No. 2020-177

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    468164 - Amendment
    Delete lines 25 - 61 and insert:
    Health Policy
    (Diaz)
    2/10/2020
    7:53 AM
    Replaced by Committee Substitute
    2/11/2020
    Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    2/11/2020 10:00 AM Health Policy 9 Yeas - 1 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (2)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    627.42397 Page 1 (pdf)
    641.514 Page 2 (pdf)

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  • SB 736, Original Filed Version Posted 11/4/2019 at 10:40 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Banking and Insurance (Pre-Meeting) 1/17/2020 (pdf)
    Banking and Insurance (Post-Meeting) 1/22/2020 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 747 Coverage for Air Ambulance Services Williamson Similar Last Action: 9/21/2020 Chapter No. 2020-177

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    198296 - Amendment
    Delete lines 23 - 48 and insert:
    Banking and Insurance
    (Diaz)
    1/17/2020
    12:04 PM
    Replaced by Committee Substitute
    1/21/2020
    Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    1/21/2020 12:00 PM Banking and Insurance 8 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    627.42397 Page 1 (pdf)

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