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SENATE BILL NO. 1143

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S1143.......................................by COMMERCE AND HUMAN RESOURCES
MANAGED CARE PLAN - Amends existing law to require that each organization
offering a managed care plan for which a certificate of authority is
required become a member of a guaranty association by the year 2005.

02/10    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/11    Rpt prt - to Com/HuRes
02/24    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/25    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/01    3rd rdg - PASSED - 32-2-1
      AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron, Crow,
      Danielson, Darrington, Davis, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure, Geddes,
      Hawkins, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, King, Lee, McLaughlin, Noh, Parry,
      Richardson, Risch, Sandy, Sorensen, Stegner, Stennett, Thorne,
      Twiggs, Wheeler, Whitworth
      NAYS--Riggs, Schroeder
      Absent and excused--Branch
    Floor Sponsor - Cameron
    Title apvd - to House
03/02    House intro - 1st rdg - to Bus
03/10    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/11    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/16    3rd rdg - PASSED - 62-0-8
      AYES -- Alltus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bell, Bieter, Boe, Bruneel,
      Callister, Campbell, Chase, Crow, Cuddy, Deal, Denney, Ellsworth,
      Field(13), Field(20), Geddes, Gould, Hadley, Hammond, Hansen(23),
      Hansen(29), Henbest, Hornbeck, Jaquet, Jones, Judd, Kellogg, Kempton,
      Kendell, Lake, Limbaugh, Linford, Loertscher, Marley, McKague,
      Meyer(Duncan), Montgomery, Mortensen, Moyle, Pischner, Pomeroy,
      Reynolds, Ridinger, Ringo, Robison, Sali, Schaefer, Sellman, Smith,
      Smylie, Stevenson, Stoicheff, Stone, Taylor, Tilman, Tippets, Trail,
      Watson, Williams, Wood
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- Black, Clark, Gagner, Kunz, Mader, Wheeler,
      Zimmermann, Mr Speaker
    Floor Sponsor - Deal
    Title apvd - to Senate
03/17    To enrol - rpt enrol - Pres signed
03/18    Sp signed
03/19    To Governor
03/29    Governor VETOED

Bill Text

S1143


                                                                        
 ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
Fifty-fifth Legislature                 First Regular Session - 1999
                                                                        

                                      IN THE SENATE

                                   SENATE BILL NO. 1143

                        BY COMMERCE AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE

 1                                        AN ACT
 2    RELATING TO THE MANAGED CARE REFORM ACT; AMENDING SECTION 41-3931, IDAHO CODE,
 3        TO REQUIRE THAT EACH ORGANIZATION OFFERING A MANAGED CARE PLAN FOR WHICH A
 4        CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY IS REQUIRED BECOME A MEMBER OF A GUARANTY ASSOCI-
 5        ATION BY THE YEAR 2005.

 6    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:

 7        SECTION 1.  That Section 41-3931, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 8    amended to read as follows:

 9        41-3931.  PARTICIPATION  IN  GUARANTY  ASSOCIATION  BY THE YEAR 200 0
10     5 . (1) By the conclusion of the year 200 0 
11    5 , each organization offering a managed care plan for which a  certifi-
12    cate  of authority is required under this chapter shall, as a condition of its
13    authority to continue to offer managed care plans in this state, become a mem-
14    ber of a guaranty association having as its purpose the protection of all mem-
15    bers of the managed care organization in this state  against  failure  by  the
16    organization in the performance of its obligations due to impairment or insol-
17    vency.
18        (2)  The  director  may take such actions and promulgate such rules as may
19    be necessary to effectuate the provisions of this section.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact

                     STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                           RS 0877/
                                
 The passage of tbe Managed Care Reform Act in 1997 required tbat managed care
 organizations be a member of a guaranty association by January 1, 2000. There are no
 clear solutions to tbis requirement at this time. This amendment delays tbe requirement
 tbat managed care organizations be a member of a guaranty association for five years.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                         FISCAL NOTE
                                
 There is no fiscal impact to tbe General Fund or to dedicated fimds.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 CONTACT:    Idaho Association of Healtb Plans
 333-7823
            Senator Dean Cameron
            332-1358
            
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