Health insurance; payment of out-of-network providers, patient access to elective services.
Summary
Requires a facility where a covered person receives scheduled elective services to post the required notice or inform the covered person of the required notice at the time of pre-admission or pre-registration. The bill also requires such a facility to inform the covered person or his legal representative of the names of all provider groups providing health care services at the facility, that consultation with the covered person's managed care plan is recommended to determine if the provider groups providing health care services at the facility are in-network providers, and that the covered person may be financially responsible for health care services performed by a provider that is not an in-network provider, in addition to any cost-sharing requirements.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2019
Senate Passage
Feb 2019
Signed into Law
Mar 2019
Introduced Jan 9, 2019
Signed Mar 18, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Feb 13, 2019
How they voted
36–0
Passed
Total votes 36
Feb 13, 2019
D
Democratic16
100% Yea
R
Republican20
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
20
Key actions
7
Committee
5
Mar 18, 2019
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 432 (effective 7/1/19)
executive
Feb 15, 2019
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 14, 2019
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 13, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (36-0)
senate
Feb 6, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
upper
Feb 5, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 4, 2019
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2538H1
lower
Feb 4, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 19105085D-H1
lower
Jan 15, 2019
Committee
Assigned C & L sub: Subcommittee #1
lower
Jan 9, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
lower
Jan 9, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103960D
lower
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Lee Ware
RRepublican
Co
Betsy Carr
DDemocratic
Co
Buddy Fowler
RRepublican
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