Indiana House Bill 1494 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 16 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-01-16 - First reading: referred to Committee on Insurance
Pending: House Insurance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Health coverage. Requires the department of insurance to provide annual funding for payments to navigators and assisters to maintain 2017 levels of effort for consumer outreach, education, and enrollment assistance with respect to health care coverage. Requires the department of insurance to annually report to the legislative council the percentage of Indiana residents who lack health insurance coverage. Prohibits preexisting condition exclusions in individual policies of accident and sickness insurance, small employer group health insurance plans, and health maintenance organization contracts. Repeals provisions providing for preexisting condition limitations. Specifies that a policy of accident and sickness insurance, a health maintenance

Health coverage. Requires the department of insurance to provide annual funding for payments to navigators and assisters to maintain 2017 levels of effort for consumer outreach, education, and enrollment assistance with respect to health care coverage. Requires the department of insurance to annually report to the legislative council the percentage of Indiana residents who lack health insurance coverage. Prohibits preexisting condition exclusions in individual policies of accident and sickness insurance, small employer group health insurance plans, and health maintenance organization contracts. Repeals provisions providing for preexisting condition limitations. Specifies that a policy of accident and sickness insurance, a health maintenance

Rep. Edward DeLaney [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-16	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Insurance
2019-01-16	House	Authored by Representative DeLaney

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2019/bills/house/1494/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/9/0/c/a90cd696/HB1494.01.INTR.pdf