Health insurance; requiring certain coverage. Effective date.
Senate Bill 1019 requires health insurance providers to cover certain anesthesia services without imposing time limits or restricting payment for "anesthesia time." The bill defines "anesthesia time" as the period an anesthesia practitioner prepares and furnishes services to a patient, and "payments for anesthesia service" based on prevailing medical coding standards. This directly affects health insurers and individuals undergoing medical or surgical procedures requiring anesthesia. Specifically, insurers cannot enforce policies that limit the duration of covered anesthesia or exclude its payment. The law became effective on November 1, 2025.
Bill status
passed both
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Governor
Introduced Feb 3, 2025
Last action May 12, 2025
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The bill text was reformatted from House to Senate floor versions with minor structural changes. The substantive policy content regarding anesthesia coverage requirements remains unchanged, though formatting differences include updated header information and committee report dates.
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Header changed from 'HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES' to 'SENATE FLOOR VERSION' with updated date to February 20, 2025
Committee report date updated from April 16, 2025 to February 20, 2025
Page headers changed from 'SB1019 HFLR' to 'SB1019 SFLR' with updated committee amendment notation
Minor spacing and indentation adjustments throughout the document for Senate formatting
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
23
Key actions
6
Committee
6
May 1, 2025
Committee
Referred for enrollment
upper
May 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 85 Nays: 0
lower
Apr 16, 2025
Lower · Passed
CR; Do Pass Commerce and Economic Development Oversight Committee
lower
Apr 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
Policy recommendation to the Commerce and Economic Development Oversight committee; Do Pass Insurance
lower
Apr 1, 2025
Committee
Referred to Insurance
lower
Mar 13, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
lower
Mar 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
Engrossed to House
upper
Mar 12, 2025
Committee
Referred for engrossment
upper
Mar 12, 2025
Upper · Passed
Measure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 0
upper
Feb 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported Do Pass Business and Insurance committee; CR filed
upper
Feb 3, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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