SB1402
Health care provider panels; vertically integrated carriers, public hospitals.
Summary
As Introduced. Health care provider panels; vertically integrated carriers; public hospitals.
Requires any vertically integrated carrier to offer to every public hospital participation in each provider panel or network established for each of the vertically integrated carrier's policies, products, and plans, including all policies, products, and plans offered to individuals, employers, and enrollees in state and federal government benefit programs. The ... (More) measure requires that the offered participation (i) be without any adverse tiering or other financial incentives that may discourage enrollees from utilizing the services of the public hospital and (ii) include all services offered by the public hospital and any other entity owned, operated, or controlled by a public hospital. The bill defines "vertically integrated carrier" as a health insurer or other carrier that owns an interest in, is owned by, or is under common ownership or control with an acute care hospital facility, excluding an entity that is under the ultimate control of or under common control with a public hospital. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/08/2019 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102724D
- 01/08/2019 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 01/28/2019 - Senate: Impact statement from SCC (SB1402)
- 01/31/2019 - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (9-Y 5-N)
- 02/01/2019 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/2019 - Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/04/2019 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/2019 - Senate: Passed Senate (24-Y 14-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/06/2019 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/06/2019 - House: Read first time
- 02/06/2019 - House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/19/2019 - House: Left in Commerce and Labor
