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CS/SB 968: Employee Health Care Plans

GENERAL BILL by Banking and Insurance ; Detert

Employee Health Care Plans; Removing provisions requiring certain insurance carriers to provide semiannual reports to the Office of Insurance Regulation; repealing requirements that certain insurance carriers offer standard, basic, high deductible, and limited health benefit plans; authorizing certain health benefit plans to use a stop-loss insurance policy; defining the term “stop-loss insurance policy”; providing requirements for such policies, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2015
Last Action: 4/28/2015 Senate - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 731 (Ch. 2015-121) -SJ 691
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Banking and Insurance (BI)
  2. Commerce and Tourism (CM)
  3. Appropriations (AP)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
2/17/2015 Senate • Filed
2/26/2015 Senate • Referred to Banking and Insurance; Commerce and Tourism; Appropriations -SJ 98
3/3/2015 Senate • Introduced -SJ 98
3/18/2015 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 03/23/15, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Office Building
3/23/2015 Senate • CS by Banking and Insurance; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 -SJ 259
3/25/2015 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• Now in Commerce and Tourism -SJ 259
• On Committee agenda-- Commerce and Tourism, 03/30/15, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Office Building
3/30/2015 Senate • Favorable by Commerce and Tourism; YEAS 4 NAYS 0 -SJ 258
3/31/2015 Senate • Now in Appropriations -SJ 258
• CS by Banking and Insurance read 1st time -SJ 272
4/13/2015 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/16/15, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
4/16/2015 Senate • Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 -SJ 425
4/17/2015 Senate • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 425
4/24/2015 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/28/15
4/28/2015 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 690
• Substituted CS/CS/HB 731 -SJ 691
• Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 731 (Ch. 2015-121) -SJ 691