Committee Agenda

Committee:    House Commerce
Room:     464
Date:    Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Time:    7:45 AM



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         SB 49*     modify the requirements for health discount plans.
             The Committee on Commerce at the request of the Department of Revenue and Regulation

         SB 200*     authorize the risk pool board to allow additional enrollees into the risk pool under certain circumstances.
             The Committee on Commerce at the request of the Governor

         SB 201     revise the risk pool reimbursement method for certain health care providers.
             The Committee on Commerce at the request of the Governor

         SB 44     repeal certain provisions regarding waiting periods for the filing of insurance rates.
             The Committee on Commerce at the request of the Department of Revenue and Regulation

         SB 45     modify certain requirements for group health coverage for premature births, congenital defects, and birth abnormalities.
             The Committee on Commerce at the request of the Department of Revenue and Regulation

         SB 46     clarify the taxes for certain life insurance premiums and annuity considerations.
             The Committee on Commerce at the request of the Department of Revenue and Regulation

         SB 47     allow health maintenance organizations to rate employer sponsored plans without prior approval.
             The Committee on Commerce at the request of the Department of Revenue and Regulation

         SB 89*     require the Division of Insurance to study the offering of assisted living facility benefits to certain persons with long-term care insurance.
             Senators McCracken, Gray, and Sutton (Dan) and Representatives McLaughlin, Boomgarden, Bradford, Krebs, Rounds, and Thompson

NOTE: The above bills will be taken up in this order for a hearing on the date noted. If circumstances do not permit a hearing on this date then a hearing will be held at a future meeting of the committee to be determined by the chair. Action on a bill may come at any time after it has had a hearing.

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LOU SEBERT, Chair