HB1375
Health insurance; tobacco surcharge.
Summary
As Passed Both Chambers. Health insurance; tobacco surcharge.
Eliminates the authority of a health carrier to vary its premium rates based on tobacco use. Under current law, a health carrier may charge premium rates up to 1.5 times higher for a tobacco user than for a nonuser. The provisions of the bill apply to health benefit plans providing ... (More) individual or small group health insurance coverage entered into, amended, extended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2024. The bill directs the State Corporation Commission to submit an annual report summarizing the reductions in premiums related to the elimination of the tobacco surcharge. The provisions of the bill expire on January 1, 2026. This bill is identical to SB 1011. (Less)-
Bill History
- 10/17/2022 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100197D
- 10/17/2022 - House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy
- 01/12/2023 - House: Assigned sub: Subcommittee #1
- 01/15/2023 - House: Impact statement from SCC (HB1375)
- 01/17/2023 - House: House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 01/17/2023 - House: House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 01/17/2023 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 1-N)
- 01/19/2023 - House: Reported from Commerce and Energy with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/2023 - House: Read first time
- 01/24/2023 - House: Read second time
- 01/24/2023 - House: Committee amendment agreed to
- 01/24/2023 - House: Engrossed by House as amended HB1375E
- 01/24/2023 - House: Printed as engrossed 23100197D-E
- 01/25/2023 - House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 01/25/2023 - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- 01/26/2023 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/26/2023 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/01/2023 - House: Impact statement from SCC (HB1375E)
- 02/13/2023 - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/2023 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/2023 - Senate: Read third time
- 02/16/2023 - Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/16/2023 - Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/16/2023 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/16/2023 - Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/2023 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/20/2023 - House: Senate amendment agreed to by House (96-Y 1-N)
- 02/20/2023 - House: VOTE: Adoption (96-Y 1-N)
- 02/23/2023 - House: Enrolled
- 02/23/2023 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1375ER)
- 02/23/2023 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/25/2023 - House: Impact statement from SCC (HB1375ER)
- 02/25/2023 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/02/2023 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023
- 03/02/2023 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
- 03/27/2023 - Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 682 (effective 7/1/23)
- 03/27/2023 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0682)
