Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Insurance Committee on January 31, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.
2017 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2605
Vision insurance; prohibit provider contracts from establishing or limiting fees for noncovered services.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO PROHIBIT PROVIDER CONTRACTS FOR VISION SERVICES IN HEALTH AND VISION INSURANCE PLANS OR VISION CARE DISCOUNT PLANS FROM ESTABLISHING OR LIMITING FEES FOR NONCOVERED SERVICES; TO PROHIBIT A PROVIDER FROM CHARGING MORE FOR SERVICES AND MATERIALS THAT ARE NONCOVERED SERVICES UNDER A VISION PLAN THAN HIS USUAL AND CUSTOMARY RATE FOR THOSE SERVICES AND MATERIALS; 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
7 co-sponsors
Bob M. Dearing, David Parker, Chris Caughman, Chris Massey, Chuck Younger, Joseph M. Seymour, Juan Barnett
Its course
January 16 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 SenateJan 16 to Jan 31 · stopped15 days
InsuranceJan 16 to Jan 31 · 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.
In the Senate Jan 16 – Jan 31
- Jan 16Referred to the Senate committees on Insurance and on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
- Jan 31Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 16Referred To Insurance;Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencySenate
- Jan 31Died In CommitteeSenate