H.B. No. 0073

Dental services freedom bill.

 

Sponsored By:     Representative(s) Pedersen, Edmonds, Teeters and Wallis and Senator(s) Ross

 

AN ACT relating to insurance; prohibiting fee schedules in health and dental insurance policies for noncovered services as specified; providing a definition; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.

 

1/6/2011       Bill Number Assigned

1/11/2011      H Received for Introduction

1/12/2011      H Introduced and Referred to H10

1/20/2011      H10 Recommended Amend and Do Pass

 

ROLL CALL

Ayes:  Representative(s) Craft, Gay, Gingery, Greene, Harvey, Hunt, Miller and Peasley

Absent:  Representative(s) Barbuto

Ayes 8    Nays 0    Excused 0    Absent 1    Conflicts 0

 

1/20/2011      H Placed on General File

 

HB0073HS001/ADOPTED

Page 1-lines 14 through 16    Delete entirely and insert:

"(a)  No person or entity contracting with dentists to provide coverage or reimbursement for dental services may require a dentist to provide services at a fee set by the contract, a policy or a certificate unless the services are covered services by the terms of the contract, policy or certificate." 

Page 2-lines 1 through 4      Delete entirely.  HARVEY, CHAIRMAN

 

HB0073HW001/ADOPTED

Page 1-lines 14 through 16    In the standing committee amendment (HB0073HS001/A) to these lines: delete "may" insert "shall".  PEDERSEN, HARVEY

 

1/24/2011      H Passed CoW

1/25/2011      H Passed 2nd Reading

1/26/2011      H Passed 3rd Reading

 

ROLL CALL

Ayes:  Representative(s) Barbuto, Berger, Blake, Blikre, Bonner, Botten, Brechtel, Brown, Buchanan, Burkhart, Byrd, Campbell, Cannady, Childers, Connolly, Craft, Davison, Edmonds, Eklund, Esquibel, K., Freeman, Gay, Gingery, Greear, Greene, Harshman, Harvey, Hunt, Illoway, Jaggi, Kasperik, Kroeker, Krone, Loucks, Lubnau, Madden, McKim, McOmie, Miller, Moniz, Nicholas, B., Patton, Peasley, Pederson, Petersen, Petroff, Quarberg, Roscoe, Semlek, Shepperson, Steward, Stubson, Teeters, Throne, Vranish, Wallis, Zwonitzer, Dn. and Zwonitzer, Dv.

Excused:  Representative(s) Goggles and Lockhart

Ayes 58    Nays 0    Excused 2    Absent 0    Conflicts 0

 

1/28/2011      S Received for Introduction

1/28/2011      S Introduced and Referred to S10

2/18/2011      S10 Recommended Do Pass

 

ROLL CALL

Ayes:  Senator(s) Dockstader, Martin, Nutting and Schiffer

Nays:  Senator(s) Scott

Ayes 4    Nays 1    Excused 0    Absent 0    Conflicts 0

 

2/18/2011      S Placed on General File

2/22/2011      S Passed CoW

2/23/2011      S Passed 2nd Reading

2/24/2011      S Passed 3rd Reading

 

ROLL CALL

Ayes:  Senator(s) Anderson, Barnard, Bebout, Burns, Christensen, Coe, Cooper, Dockstader, Driskill, Emerich, Esquibel, F., Geis, Hastert, Hicks, Hines, Jennings, Johnson, Landen, Martin, Meier, Nicholas, P., Nutting, Perkins, Peterson, Ross, Rothfuss, Schiffer and Von Flatern

Nays:  Senator(s) Case and Scott

Ayes 28    Nays 2    Excused 0    Absent 0    Conflicts 0

 

2/24/2011      Assigned Number HEA No. 0048

2/24/2011      H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0048

2/24/2011      S President Signed HEA No. 0048

3/2/2011       Governor Signed HEA No. 0048

3/2/2011       Assigned Chapter Number

 

Chapter No. 0107  Session Laws of Wyoming 2011