FL S0516 | 2010 | Regular Session

Florida Senate Bill 516 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on April 30 2010 - 100% progression
Action: 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on Banking and Insurance
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

Prohibits health insurance policies or contracts for a health care service plan from limiting, reducing, or denying coverage for a prescription drug under certain circumstances. Provides that a change to any health insurance policy or contract for a health care service plan is effective upon the renewal of the policy or contract. Requires the insurer to communicate the change and its effective date to the insured, etc.

Title

Prescription Drugs Insurance Coverage [CPSC]

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-04-30		Died in Committee on Banking and Insurance
2010-03-02		Introduced, referred to Banking and Insurance; Health Regulation; Policy & Steering Committee on Ways and Means -SJ 00042
2009-12-09		Referred to Banking and Insurance; Health Regulation; Policy & Steering Committee on Ways and Means
2009-10-22		Filed

Same As/Similar To

H0275 (Similar To) 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on Health Care Regulation Policy (HFPC)

Code Citations

Chapter	Article	Citation Type	Statute Text
0627	6045	Amended Code	See Bill Text
0627	6561	Amended Code	See Bill Text
0641	31071	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Florida State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/index.cfm?Mode=Bills&SubMenu=1&Tab=session&BI_Mode=ViewBillInfo&BillNum=0516&Chamber=Senate&Year=2010
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/cgi-bin/view_page.pl?Tab=session&Submenu=1&FT=D&File=sb0516.html&Directory=session/2010/Senate/bills/billtext/html/