Connecticut House Bill 7173 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 23-11-1)
Status: Engrossed on May 23 2019 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-05-28 - File Number 1004
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [PDF]

To provide that no insurer, health care center, fraternal benefit society, hospital service corporation, medical service corporation or other entity delivering, issuing for delivery, renewing, amending or continuing an individual or group vision plan in this state shall include in any contract with an optometrist any provision that requires the optometrist to accept as payment an amount set by such insurer, center, society, corporation or entity for products provided to an insured or enrollee that are not covered benefits under such insured's or enrollee's plan.

An Act Concerning Contracts Between Health Insurers, Optometrists And Ophthalmologists.

House Insurance and Real Estate Committee	Rep. Robin Comey [D]	Rep. Anne Hughes [D]	Rep. John Hampton [D]
Rep. Kevin Ryan [D]	Rep. Peter Tercyak [D]	Rep. Kim Rose [D]	Rep. William Petit [R]
Rep. Juan Candelaria [D]	Sen. George Logan [R]	Rep. David Michel [D]	Rep. Philip Young [D]
Rep. Joseph Verrengia [D]	Rep. Jillian Gilchrest [D]	Rep. Linda Orange [D]	Rep. Joseph Gresko [D]
Rep. Terrie Wood [R]	Rep. Michael D'Agostino [D]	Rep. Mitch Bolinsky [R]	Rep. Joshua Elliott [D]
Rep. Ben Mcgorty [R]	Rep. Kerry Szeps Wood [D]	Sen. Eric Berthel [R]	Sen. Rick Lopes [D]
Rep. Dorinda Keenan Borer [D]	Rep. Themis Klarides [R]	Rep. Jill Barry [D]	Rep. Rosa Rebimbas [R]
Rep. Gail Lavielle [R]	Rep. Nicole Klarides-Ditria [R]	Rep. Catherine Abercrombie [D]	Rep. Geraldo Reyes [D]
Rep. Hilda Santiago [D]	Rep. Jason Perillo [R]	Rep. Michelle Cook [D]

2019-05-23 - House - House Roll Call Vote 205 AS AMENDED (Y: 137 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 13) [PASS]
2019-03-14 - Joint - INS Vote Tally Sheet (Y: 19 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-05-28	House	File Number 1004
2019-05-28	House	Senate Calendar Number 620
2019-05-28	House	Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
2019-05-23	House	House Passed as Amended by House Amendment Schedule A
2019-05-23	House	House Adopted House Amendment Schedule A 9213
2019-04-02	House	File Number 286
2019-04-02	House	House Calendar Number 193
2019-04-02	House	Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House
2019-04-02	House	Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
2019-03-26	House	Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/01/19 5:00 PM
2019-03-18	House	Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office
2019-03-14	House	Joint Favorable Substitute
2019-02-22	House	Public Hearing 02/28
2019-02-21	House	Referred to Joint Committee on Insurance and Real Estate

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=HB07173&which_year=2019
Text	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/h/pdf/2019HB-07173-R00-HB.PDF
Text	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/h/pdf/2019HB-07173-R01-HB.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TS/h/pdf/2019HB-07173-R00INS-CV13-TS.pdf
Roll Call	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/VOTE/h/pdf/2019HV-00205-R00HB07173-HV.pdf