Health benefit plans; enrollment by pregnant individuals.
Summary
Health benefit plans; enrollment by pregnantindividuals. Requires health carriers to allow pregnant individualsto enroll in a health benefit plan at any time after the commencementof the pregnancy, with the pregnant individual's coverage being effectiveas of the first of the month in which the individual receives certificationof the pregnancy. The measure applies to such agreements that areentered into, amended, extended, or renewed on or after January 1,2021.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Nov 2019
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Nov 19, 2019
Last action Feb 6, 2020
Floor votes
How they voted
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
1
Committee
5
Feb 4, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2021
lower
Jan 17, 2020
Committee
Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #2
lower
Jan 16, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
lower
Jan 16, 2020
Committee
Referred from General Laws
lower
Nov 19, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
lower
Nov 19, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100347D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Ibraheem S. Samirah
DDemocratic
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