HB1656
Health insurance; proton radiation therapy coverage decisions.
Summary
As Passed Both Chambers. Health insurance; proton radiation therapy coverage decisions.
Prohibits health insurance policies and plans from holding proton radiation therapy to a higher standard of clinical evidence for benefit coverage decisions than is applied for other types of radiation therapy treatment. The measure applies to policies and plans that provide coverage for cancer therapy. The bill contains an emergency ... (More) clause. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/05/2017 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100395D
- 01/05/2017 - House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 01/15/2017 - House: Impact statement from SCC (HB1656)
- 02/02/2017 - House: Reported from Commerce and Labor (16-Y 4-N)
- 02/04/2017 - House: Read first time
- 02/06/2017 - House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/07/2017 - House: Read third time and passed House (93-Y 4-N)
- 02/07/2017 - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (93-Y 4-N)
- 02/08/2017 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/08/2017 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/13/2017 - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (13-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 02/15/2017 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/2017 - Senate: Read third time
- 02/16/2017 - Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/16/2017 - Senate: Amendment by Senator Wagner agreed to
- 02/16/2017 - Senate: Emergency clause added
- 02/16/2017 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/16/2017 - Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/2017 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/20/2017 - House: Senate amendment agreed to by House (90-Y 3-N)
- 02/20/2017 - House: VOTE: ADOPTION EMERGENCY (90-Y 3-N)
- 02/23/2017 - House: Enrolled
- 02/23/2017 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1656ER)
- 02/23/2017 - House: Impact statement from SCC (HB1656ER)
- 02/23/2017 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/24/2017 - Senate: Signed by President
- 02/28/2017 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
- 02/28/2017 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- 03/03/2017 - Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 287 (effective 3/3/17)
- 03/03/2017 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0287)
