Continuity of Care in Health Insurance Contracts
Summary
Continuity of Care in Health Insurance Contracts; Requires that contracts between individual health insurer, group, blanket, or franchise health insurer & HMO & contracted health care practitioner require specified notice to affected policyholders & subscribers before cancellation or termination of contracts; provides administrative penalties; requires health insurer, HMO & health care practitioner to allow certain policyholders & subscribers to continue coverage & care for specified timeframe; requires insurer & health care practitioner to be bound by terminated contract.
Bill status
died
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Dec 2, 2025
Last action Mar 13, 2026
Floor votes
How they voted
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
7
Key actions
1
Committee
4
Dec 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Now in Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
lower
Dec 12, 2025
Committee
Referred to Commerce Committee
lower
Dec 12, 2025
Committee
Referred to Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee
lower
Dec 12, 2025
Committee
Referred to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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