Cancer patients; expedited review of adverse coverage determinations. (SB1161)

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Progress

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

Description

Expedited review of adverse coverage determinations; cancer patients. Provides that a covered person shall not be required to have exhausted his health carrier's internal appeal process before seeking an external review of an adverse determination regarding coverage of treatment if the treatment is to treat his cancer. The measure provides that a covered person may request an expedited external review if the adverse determination relates to the treatment of a cancer of the covered person. The measure requires health carriers' notices of the right to an external review to notify covered persons of this provision. This bill is identical to HB 1915. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Passed

History

Date	Action
01/02/2019	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103054D
01/02/2019	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
01/24/2019	Impact statement from SCC (SB1161)
01/31/2019	Reported from Commerce and Labor (12-Y 1-N) (see vote tally)
02/01/2019	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/04/2019	Read second time and engrossed
02/04/2019	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/04/2019	Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/04/2019	Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/04/2019	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/06/2019	Placed on Calendar
02/06/2019	Read first time
02/06/2019	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
02/12/2019	House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
02/12/2019	Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/12/2019	Committee substitute printed 19106460D-H1
02/12/2019	Read second time
02/13/2019	Read third time
02/13/2019	Committee substitute agreed to 19106460D-H1
02/13/2019	Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1161H1
02/13/2019	Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
02/13/2019	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/14/2019	Impact statement from SCC (SB1161H1)
02/15/2019	House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/15/2019	Title replaced 19106460D-H1
02/20/2019	Enrolled
02/20/2019	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1161ER)
02/20/2019	Signed by President
02/20/2019	Signed by Speaker
02/21/2019	Impact statement from SCC (SB1161ER)
02/27/2019	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 27, 2019
02/27/2019	G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
03/21/2019	Governor's recommendation received by Senate
04/03/2019	Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
04/03/2019	House concurred in Governor's recommendation (99-Y 0-N)
04/03/2019	VOTE: ADOPTION EMERGENCY (99-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
04/03/2019	G Emergency clause added by Governor's recommendation
04/03/2019	G Governor's recommendation adopted
04/03/2019	Reenrolled
04/03/2019	Reenrolled bill text (SB1161ER2)
04/03/2019	Signed by President as reenrolled
04/03/2019	Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
04/03/2019	Enacted, Chapter 840 (effective 4/3/19)
04/03/2019	G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0840)

Hearing Scheduled

This bill is scheduled to be heard in the Senate Commerce and Labor committee on 08/22/2019. It meets on Monday, 1/2 hour after adjournment - Senate Room B.