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