Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Insurance Committee on February 3, 2009. The 2009 session has ended.
2009 Regular Session
House Bill 720
Health insurance; require health insurance policies and State Health Plan to cover autism spectrum disorders.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO REQUIRE HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE, INCLUDING COVERAGE UNDER THE STATE AND SCHOOL EMPLOYEES HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN, FOR AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS; TO DEFINE "AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER" AS AN AUTISTIC DISORDER, ASPERGER'S SYNDROME, OR PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
69 co-sponsors
Blaine Eaton, Brian Aldridge, Larry Baker, Toby Barker, Charles Jim Beckett, Donnie Bell, Sidney Bondurant, Billy Broomfield, Cecil Brown, Kelvin Buck, Kimberly Campbell Buck, Clara Burnett, Larry Byrd, Lester Carpenter, Bryant W. Clark, Angela Cockerham, Mark DuVall, Jim Ellington, Tyrone Ellis, Bob Evans, Harvey Fillingane, George Flaggs, Jr., Frances Fredericks, Herb Frierson, Jack Gadd, Joe C. Gardner, Philip Gunn, Eugene Forrest Hamilton, Esther Harrison, D. Stephen Holland, Gregory Holloway, Sr., Bobby B. Howell, Mac Huddleston, Roger Ishee, Robert L. Johnson III, Brandon Jones, Sherra Hillman Lane, Bennett Malone, Rita Martinson, W. T. Mayhall, Jr., John Mayo, Warner F. McBride, William J. McCoy, America Chuck Middleton, Bobby Moak, Harvey Moss, David Norquist, Russ Nowell, Randall Patterson, Diane C. Peranich, Willie J. Perkins, Sr., Bill Pigott, Jimmy Puckett, John Read, Dannie Reed, Thomas U. Reynolds, Walter L. Robinson, Jr., Margaret Rogers, Bobby Shows, Ferr Smith, Gary V. Staples, Preston E. Sullivan, Sara R. Thomas, Jerry R. Turner, J. Shaun Walley, Greg Ward, Linda Whittington, Tommy L. Woods, Adrienne Wooten
Its course
January 15 to February 3, 2009, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action2 actions on 2 days
In the House of RepresentativesJan 15 to Feb 3 · stopped19 days
InsuranceJan 15 to Feb 3 · stopped19 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.
In the House of Representatives Jan 15 – Feb 3
- Jan 15Referred to the House committees on Insurance and on Appropriations
- Feb 3Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 15Referred To Insurance;AppropriationsHouse of Representatives
- Feb 3Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives