Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Medicaid Committee on February 23, 2016. The 2016 session has ended.
2016 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2798
Prior authorization for emergency room services or hospital admission; prohibit Division of Medicaid from requiring.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO PROHIBIT THE DIVISION OF MEDICAID FROM REQUIRING PRIOR AUTHORIZATION BEFORE EMERGENCY ROOM SERVICES OR HOSPITAL IN-PATIENT SERVICES MAY BE PROVIDED WHEN A LICENSED PHYSICIAN HAS DETERMINED THE NEED; 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
February 8 to February 23, 2016, 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 SenateFeb 8 to Feb 23 · stopped15 days
MedicaidFeb 8 to Feb 23 · 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.