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CS/SB 228: Health Ins./Cleft-lip & Cleft-palate

GENERAL BILL by Health Care ; Gutman ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Holzendorf ; KURTH ; Myers ; Forman ; Cowin ; Grant ; Bronson ; Latvala ; Kirkpatrick ; Sullivan ; Horne ; Casas ; Brown-Waite ; Lee ; Dudley ; Klein ; Harris ; Jones ; Geller ; Laurent ; Turner ; Campbell ; Crist ; Dyer ; Meadows ; Clary

Health Ins./Cleft-lip & Cleft-palate; requires certain health insurance policies to provide coverage for cleft-lip & cleft-palate treatment for children; applies certain requirements for group coverage to out-of-state groups; applies certain requirements for group coverage to coverage for small employers; provides for cleft-lip & cleft-palate treatment for children by HMOs; provides applicability, etc. Amends Ch. 627, 641.31.

Effective Date: 10/01/1998
Last Action: 5/21/1998 - Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 98-66
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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
10/9/1997 Senate • Prefiled
10/24/1997 Senate • Referred to Health Care; Ways and Means
2/9/1998 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Health Care, 02/18/98, 2:30 pm, Room-EL --No meeting, lack of quorum
3/3/1998 Senate • Introduced, referred to Health Care; Ways and Means -SJ 00020; On Committee agenda-- Health Care, 02/18/98, 2:30 pm, Room-EL --No meeting, lack of quorum
3/26/1998 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Health Care, 03/31/98, 9:00 am, Room-EL
3/31/1998 Senate • Comm. Action: CS by Health Care -SJ 00375; CS read first time on 04/02/98 -SJ 00378
4/2/1998 Senate • Now in Ways and Means -SJ 00375
4/8/1998 Senate • Withdrawn from Ways and Means -SJ 00386; Placed on Calendar
4/17/1998 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar -SJ 00528
4/21/1998 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar -SJ 00528
4/22/1998 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar -SJ 00741; Read second time -SJ 00810; Amendment(s) adopted -SJ 00810; Amendment reconsidered -SJ 00812; Amendment pending -SJ 00812
4/23/1998 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar -SJ 00812; Pending amendment withdrawn -SJ 00835
4/24/1998 Senate • Read third time -SJ 00886; CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 -SJ 00886; Immediately certified -SJ 00886
4/24/1998 House • In Messages
4/29/1998 House • Received -HJ 01661; Read second and third times -HJ 01661; CS passed; YEAS 119 NAYS 0 -HJ 01661
4/29/1998 Senate • Ordered enrolled -SJ 01230
5/6/1998 • Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
5/21/1998 • Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 98-66