| Measure Title: | RELATING TO THE PATIENTS' BILL OF RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT. |
| Report Title: | Patients' Bill of Rights and Responsibilities Act; External Review Procedure |
| Description: | Amends the review procedure process under the patients' bill of rights and responsibilities act. Preserves commissioner's discretion to convene panel to hear cases for consumers in non-ERISA plans. Requires the commissioner to determine whether requests for external review concerns an ERISA plan and to direct all requests for review of ERISA plan benefits to an independent review organization selected by the commissioner. |
| Package: | None |
| Companion: | SB940 |
| Introducer(s): | YAMANE, EVANS, GREEN, LEE, TSUJI, Hale, Wakai |
| Current Referral: | HLT, CPC/JUD, FIN |
| Date | Status Text | |
|---|---|---|
| 1/26/2005 | H | Pending introduction. |
| 1/27/2005 | H | Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
| 1/31/2005 | H | Referred to HLT, CPC/JUD, FIN, referral sheet 7 |
| 12/2/2005 10:34:21 AM | D | Carried over to 2006 Regular Session |
$ = Appropriation measure
ConAm = Constitutional Amendment