TO REQUIRE A HEALTH INSURER TO CONTRACT WITH A LICENSED HEALTHCARE PROVIDER IF THE HEALTHCARE PROVIDER IS PERMITTED TO PARTICIPATE IN MEDICARE, MEDICAID, OR ANY OTHER FEDERAL HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2019
Committee Review
Mar 2019
Senate Passage
Mar 2019
House Passage
Mar 2019
Signed into Law
Apr 2019
Introduced Mar 4, 2019
Signed Apr 1, 2019
Floor votes · House Mar 26, 2019
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
21
Key actions
9
Committee
3
Apr 1, 2019
Signed into law
Notification that SB472 is now Act 589
upper
Mar 26, 2019
Upper · Passed
Returned from the House as passed.
upper
Mar 26, 2019
Lower · Passed
Returned To the Senate as passed.
lower
Mar 26, 2019
Lower · Passed
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
lower
Mar 26, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Mar 20, 2019
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee Do Pass
lower
Mar 18, 2019
Upper · Passed
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
upper
Mar 18, 2019
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Mar 14, 2019
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
upper
Mar 7, 2019
Committee
Re-referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE
upper
Mar 4, 2019
Introduced
Filed
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
BM
Bruce Maloch
DDemocratic
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