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HB 687: Small Employer Health Benefit Plans

GENERAL BILL by Farkas ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Greenstein ; Fasano ; Johnson

Small Employer Health Benefit Plans; revises definition; requires small employer carriers to begin to offer & issue all small employer benefit plans on specified date; deletes requirement that basic & standard small employer health benefit plans be issued; provides additional requirements for determining premium rates for benefit plans; provides for application to plans provided by certain small employer carriers under certain circumstances. Amends 627.6699.

Effective Date: 07/01/2000
Last Action: 5/5/2000 House - Died on Calendar, Iden./Sim./Compare Bill(s) passed, refer to CS/SB 1300 (Ch. 2000-268), CS/CS/HB 591 (Ch. 2000-318), CS/HB 2339 (Ch. 2000-256)
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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
12/29/1999 House • Prefiled
1/24/2000 House • Referred to Health Care Services (HFC); Insurance (CAC); General Government Appropriations (FRC)
3/7/2000 House • Introduced, referred to Health Care Services (HFC); Insurance (CAC); General Government Appropriations (FRC) -HJ 00047
3/14/2000 House • On Committee agenda-- Health Care Services (HFC), 03/16/00, 9:00 am, Reed Hall
3/16/2000 House • Comm. Action: Favorable by Health Care Services (HFC); YEAS 15 NAYS 0 -HJ 00336
3/17/2000 House • Now in Insurance (CAC) -HJ 00336
3/24/2000 House • On Committee agenda-- Insurance (CAC), 03/28/00, 1:30 pm, Reed Hall
3/28/2000 House • Comm. Action: Favorable with 3 amendment(s) by Insurance (CAC); YEAS 15 NAYS 1 -HJ 00417
3/30/2000 House • Now in General Government Appropriations (FRC) -HJ 00417
4/7/2000 House • On Committee agenda-- General Government Appropriations (FRC), 04/11/00, 1:00 pm, 214-C
4/11/2000 House • Comm. Action:-Favorable by General Government Appropriations (FRC); YEAS 10 NAYS 0 -HJ 00550
4/13/2000 House • Placed on Calendar -HJ 00550
4/25/2000 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar
4/26/2000 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar
4/27/2000 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar; Temporarily postponed, on Second Reading -HJ 00850
4/28/2000 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar; Temporarily postponed, on Second Reading -HJ 01174
5/5/2000 House • Died on Calendar, Iden./Sim./Compare Bill(s) passed, refer to CS/SB 1300 (Ch. 2000-268), CS/CS/HB 591 (Ch. 2000-318), CS/HB 2339 (Ch. 2000-256)