HB2354
Health care provider panels; changes to provisions related to continuity of care.
Summary
As Passed Both Chambers. Health care provider panels; continuity of care.
Makes various changes to provisions related to the continuity of care for an enrollee after a provider is terminated from a health insurance carrier's provider panel. The bill requires a carrier that uses a provider panel to establish procedures for notifying an enrollee of (i) the termination from the carrier's ... (More) provider panel of a provider who was furnishing health care services to the enrollee or furnished health care services to the enrollee in the six months prior to the notice and (ii) the right of an enrollee upon request to continue to receive health care services as provided in the bill following the provider's termination from a carrier's provider panel. The bill requires the carrier to provide such notices prior to the date of the termination of the provider except when a provider is terminated for cause. The bill removes separate notice requirements for the termination of a primary care provider or a specialty referral services provider. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/13/2023 - House: Presented and ordered printed 23104322D
- 01/13/2023 - House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy
- 01/18/2023 - House: Assigned sub: Subcommittee #2
- 01/18/2023 - House: Impact statement from SCC (HB2354)
- 01/19/2023 - House: House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 01/19/2023 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N)
- 01/24/2023 - House: Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/24/2023 - House: Committee substitute printed 23104959D-H1
- 01/26/2023 - House: Read first time
- 01/27/2023 - House: Passed by for the day
- 01/29/2023 - House: Impact statement from SCC (HB2354H1)
- 01/30/2023 - House: House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 01/30/2023 - House: Read second time
- 01/30/2023 - House: Committee substitute agreed to 23104959D-H1
- 01/30/2023 - House: Passed by temporarily
- 01/30/2023 - House: Amendments by Delegate Orrock agreed to
- 01/30/2023 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendments HB2354EH1
- 01/30/2023 - House: Printed as engrossed 23104959D-EH1
- 01/31/2023 - House: Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/2023 - House: VOTE: Passage (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/2023 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/01/2023 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/07/2023 - House: Impact statement from SCC (HB2354EH1)
- 02/13/2023 - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (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 amendments waived
- 02/16/2023 - Senate: Amendments by Senator Saslaw agreed to
- 02/16/2023 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/16/2023 - Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/2023 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/20/2023 - House: Senate amendments agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/2023 - House: VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/2023 - House: Enrolled
- 02/23/2023 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2354ER)
- 02/23/2023 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 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
- 03/24/2023 - Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 490 (effective 1/1/24)
- 03/24/2023 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0490)
