Insurance; prohibiting denial of dental coverage except in certain circumstances after prior authorization; adding supervised assistant behavior analyst to covered providers for treatment of autism spectrum disorder. Effective date.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2019
Committee Review
May 2019
Senate Passage
May 2019
House Passage
May 2019
Signed into Law
May 2019
Introduced Feb 4, 2019
Signed May 23, 2019
Floor votes · Senate May 17, 2019
How they voted
36–0
Passed · 8 other
Total votes 44
May 17, 2019
D
Democratic8
75% Yea
R
Republican36
83% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
37
Key actions
12
Committee
8
Amendments
1
May 23, 2019
Signed into law
Approved by Governor 05/23/2019
upper
May 20, 2019
Committee
Referred for enrollment
upper
May 20, 2019
Lower · Passed
Fourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 88 Nays: 3
lower
May 20, 2019
Lower · Passed
CCR adopted
lower
May 17, 2019
Upper · Passed
Measure passed, to House: Ayes: 40 Nays: 0
upper
May 17, 2019
Upper · Passed
CCR adopted
upper
May 13, 2019
Lower · Passed
Conference granted, naming Conference Committee on Insurance
lower
May 2, 2019
Amended
HAs rejected, conference requested
upper
Apr 25, 2019
Lower · Passed
Engrossed, signed, to Senate
lower
Apr 24, 2019
Committee
Referred for engrossment
lower
Apr 24, 2019
Lower · Passed
Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 93 Nays: 2
lower
Apr 10, 2019
Lower · Passed
CR; Do Pass, as amended, Insurance Committee
lower
Mar 19, 2019
Committee
Second Reading referred to Insurance
lower
Mar 6, 2019
Introduced
First Reading
lower
Mar 6, 2019
Upper · Passed
Engrossed to House
upper
Mar 5, 2019
Committee
Referred for engrossment
upper
Mar 5, 2019
Upper · Passed
Measure passed: Ayes: 47 Nays: 0
upper
Feb 18, 2019
Upper · Passed
Reported Do Pass as amended Retirement and Insurance committee; CR filed
upper
Feb 11, 2019
Committee
Second Reading referred to Retirement and Insurance
upper
Feb 4, 2019
Introduced
First Reading
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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