HB424
Health insurance; definitions, prohibited restrictions on in-network referrals.
Status:
In Senate
Latest Action:
Feb. 5, 2026
Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
Chief Patron:
Destiny LeVere Bolling (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Introduced. Health insurance; prohibited restrictions on in-network referrals.
Prohibits a health insurance carrier from prohibiting an in-network provider, as defined in the bill, from referring any patient or specimen to any in-network clinical laboratory or in-network pathology service provider under the terms of such insurance unless such referral would constitute a violation of certain laws.-
Bill History
- 01/12/2026 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102329D
- 01/12/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
- 01/19/2026 - House: Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #1
- 01/23/2026 - House: Placed on Labor and Commerce Agenda
- 01/27/2026 - House: House subcommittee offered
- 01/27/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/2026 - House: Placed on Labor and Commerce Agenda
- 01/29/2026 - House: Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/2026 - House: Committee substitute printed 26106236D-H1
- 02/02/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/03/2026 - House: Read second time
- 02/03/2026 - House: committee substitute agreed to
- 02/03/2026 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- 02/04/2026 - House: Read third time and passed House (97-Y 1-N 0-A)
- 02/04/2026 - House: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- 02/04/2026 - House: Passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/05/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 02/05/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
