Health insurance; assignment of benefits to emergency care physicians. (HB946)

Introduced By

Del. Harvey Morgan (R-Gloucester) with support from 7 copatrons, whose average partisan position is:

Those copatrons are Del. Rob Bell (R-Charlottesville), Del. Chris Jones (R-Suffolk), Del. John O'Bannon (R-Richmond), Del. Bob Purkey (R-Virginia Beach), Sen. John Cosgrove (R-Chesapeake), Sen. Tommy Norment (R-Williamsburg), Sen. Ken Stolle (R-Virginia Beach)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by Governor
Became Law

Description

Health insurance; assignment of benefits to emergency room physicians. Requires health insurers to pay health care benefits directly to a physician who has rendered medical screening and stabilization services under the Federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, if the insured specifically authorizes such an assignment of payment of the benefits. Insurance contracts shall not prohibit the payment of benefits directly to physicians for care provided pursuant to the federal law. A similar provision is applicable to the state employees' health insurance plan. Read the Bill »

Status

01/31/2006: Failed to Pass in Committee

History

DateAction
01/10/2006Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/06 062641428
01/10/2006Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
01/18/2006Assigned to Commerce and Labor sub-committee: Insurance (Hargrove)
01/26/2006Fiscal impact statement from DPB (HB946)
01/31/2006Continued to 2007 in Commerce and Labor