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SENATE BILL 602

CHAPTER NUMBER: 195
File Code: Health Occupations
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 1089

Sponsored By:
Senator Pinsky

Entitled:
Direct Billing of Anatomic Pathology Services

Synopsis:

Requiring specified clinical laboratories, physicians, or group practices that provide anatomic pathology services to specified patients to present or cause to be presented claims, bills, or demands for payment to specified individuals and entities, subject to limitations; prohibiting specified health care practitioners from directly or indirectly charging, billing, or otherwise soliciting payment for anatomic pathology services unless specified requirements are met; etc.

History by Legislative and Calendar Date

Legislative date is used to record history occuring in the Chambers otherwise Calendar date is used. Explain Legislative Date and Calendar Date
Senate Action
2/1
First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
2/20
Hearing 3/5 at 1:00 p.m.
3/21
Favorable with Amendments Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
3/22
Third Reading Passed (46-0)
4/4
Senate Concur - House Amendment
Third Reading Passed (46-0)
Passed Enrolled
House Action
3/22
First Reading Health and Government Operations
3/28
Hearing 4/2 at 1:00 p.m.
4/4
Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
3/29
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
3/30
Third Reading Passed with Amendments (139-0)
Action after passage in Senate and House
4/24
Approved by the Governor
- Chapter 195

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

Clinics
Health Insurance -see also- HMOS; Managed Care Organizations
Health Occupations -see also- specific health occupations
Hospitals -see also- Clinics; State Hospitals
Laboratories
Patients
Physicians -see also- Dentists; Med Exmnrs; Psych; etc

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Health Occupations
( 1-301 , 1-306 , 1-306 )

Documents:

Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format): First Reading, Third Reading, Enrolled, Chapter

Fiscal and Policy Note (Displayed in PDF Format): Available

Amendments (Displayed in PDF Format):
Senate
Number: 504237/01     Offered on: March 21, 2008   at: 10:48 a.m.     Status: Adopted
House
Number: 466680/01     Offered on: April 4, 2008   at: 11:10 a.m.     Status: Adopted

Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
Senate
March 22, 2008: Third Reading Passed (46-0)
April 4, 2008: Third Reading Passed (46-0)
House
March 30, 2008: Third Reading Passed (139-0)



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