The Florida Senate

SB 416: Health Care Management [CPSC]

GENERAL BILL by Fasano

Health Care Management [CPSC]; Prohibits certain insurers from engaging in actions that encourage insureds not to make payments before medical service is rendered or before receipt of an insurer's explanation of benefits. Provides additional circumstances in which a health insurer may not retroactively deny a claim. Prohibits a health insurer or HMO from modifying a policy or procedure that would affect the underlying contract terms without having a written mutual agreement, etc.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  12/18/2008	Senate	• Filed
  1/15/2009	Senate	• Referred to Banking and Insurance; Commerce; Health Regulation; Policy & Steering Committee on Ways and Means
  3/3/2009	Senate	• Introduced, referred to Banking and Insurance; Commerce; Health Regulation; Policy & Steering Committee on Ways and Means -SJ 00028
  5/2/2009	Senate	• Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration; Died in Committee on Banking and Insurance

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• SB 416, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/26/2009 at 5:45 PM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location
  H 243	Health Care Management	Patronis	Similar	Last Action: 5/2/2009 H Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration; Died in Committee on Insurance, Business, & Financial Affairs Policy (GGPC) Location:

  Citations - Statutes (8)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  627.6044	Use of a specific methodology for payment of claims.
  627.6131	Payment of claims.
  627.6141	Denial of claims.
  627.6474	Provider contracts.
  641.315	Provider contracts.
  641.3155	Prompt payment of claims.
  641.3156	Treatment authorization; payment of claims.
  641.54	Information disclosure.

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