Health benefit plans; enrollment by pregnant individuals. (HB39)

Introduced By

Progress

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

Description

Health benefit plans; enrollment by pregnant individuals. Requires health carriers to allow pregnant individuals to enroll in a health benefit plan at any time after the commencement of the pregnancy, with the pregnant individual's coverage being effective as of the first of the month in which the individual receives certification of the pregnancy. The measure applies to such agreements that are entered into, amended, extended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2021. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Failed

History

Date	Action
11/19/2019	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100347D
11/19/2019	Referred to Committee on General Laws
01/16/2020	Referred from General Laws
01/16/2020	Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
01/17/2020	Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #2
01/22/2020	Impact statement from DPB (HB39)
02/04/2020	Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2021
02/06/2020	Continued to 2021 in Labor and Commerce
12/04/2020	Left in Labor and Commerce