Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Insurance Committee on February 2, 2010. The 2010 session has ended.
2010 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2988
Health insurance; limit insurers' recoupment of payments to health care providers.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT, EXCEPT IN CASES OF FRAUD, A HEALTH CARE INSURER MAY EXERCISE RECOUPMENT FROM A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER ONLY DURING THE EIGHTEEN-MONTH PERIOD AFTER THE DATE THAT THE HEALTH CARE INSURER PAID THE CLAIM SUBMITTED BY THE PROVIDER; TO PROVIDE THAT A HEALTH CARE INSURER THAT EXERCISES RECOUPMENT UNDER THIS ACT SHALL GIVE THE HEALTH CARE PROVIDER A WRITTEN OR ELECTRONIC STATEMENT SPECIFYING THE BASIS FOR THE RECOUPMENT; TO PROVIDE THAT THE FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH ANY PROVISION OF THIS ACT SHALL BE DEEMED AN UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICE AND MAY BE PUNISHED BY CERTAIN FINES AND PENALTIES; TO REQUIRE THE COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE TO ADOPT RULES AND REGULATIONS TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THIS ACT; 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 Senate
Sponsor
Its course
January 18 to February 2, 2010, 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 SenateJan 18 to Feb 2 · stopped15 days
InsuranceJan 18 to Feb 2 · stopped15 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.