Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Insurance Committee on January 31, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.
2017 Regular Session
House Bill 167
Health insurance policies; require coverage for certain obesity treatments.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO REQUIRE THAT CERTAIN INSURANCE POLICIES AND CONTRACTS SHALL PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR OBESITY TREATMENT FOR AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS A BODY MASS INDEX THAT IS THIRTY PERCENT OR MORE ABOVE HIS OR HER IDEAL BODY WEIGHT AND WHEN A WRITTEN ORDER IS PROVIDED BY A PHYSICIAN THAT STATES THE TREATMENT IS MEDICALLY NECESSARY; 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
Its course
January 3 to January 31, 2017, 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 3 to Jan 31 · stopped28 days
InsuranceJan 3 to Jan 31 · stopped28 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.