SB1011
Health insurance; tobacco surcharge.
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. 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 HB 1375. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/06/2023 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101373D
- 01/06/2023 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 01/15/2023 - Senate: Impact statement from SCC (SB1011)
- 01/16/2023 - Senate: Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 01/16/2023 - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/18/2023 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- 01/19/2023 - Senate: Read second time
- 01/19/2023 - Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 01/19/2023 - Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 01/19/2023 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1011E
- 01/19/2023 - Senate: Printed as engrossed 23101373D-E
- 01/20/2023 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/2023 - Senate: Impact statement from SCC (SB1011E)
- 02/09/2023 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/09/2023 - House: Read first time
- 02/09/2023 - House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy
- 02/16/2023 - House: Reported from Commerce and Energy (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/2023 - House: Read second time
- 02/21/2023 - House: Read third time
- 02/21/2023 - House: Passed House (91-Y 5-N)
- 02/21/2023 - House: VOTE: Passage (91-Y 5-N)
- 02/24/2023 - Senate: Enrolled
- 02/24/2023 - Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1011ER)
- 02/24/2023 - Senate: Signed by President
- 02/24/2023 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/27/2023 - Senate: Impact statement from SCC (SB1011ER)
- 03/02/2023 - Senate: 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 683 (effective 7/1/23)
- 03/27/2023 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0683)
