Full Text of HB2325 96th General Assembly
HB2325sam003 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Sen. Susan Garrett
Filed: 5/19/2009
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2325
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2325, AS AMENDED, | 3 |
| with reference to page and line numbers of Senate Amendment No. | 4 |
| 1 as follows:
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| on page 3, by replacing line 7 with the following: | 6 |
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"4. Within 10 days after the employee's or member's | 7 |
| Upon termination or reduction in hours below the"; and
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| on page 3, by replacing lines 10 through 19 with the following:
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| "by the employer . If the employee or member is unavailable, | 10 |
| written notice shall be or mailed by the employer to the last | 11 |
| known address of the employee or member within 10 days after | 12 |
| the employee's or member's termination or reduction in hours | 13 |
| below the minimum required by the group plan . The employer | 14 |
| shall also send a copy of the notice to the insurer. An | 15 |
| employee or member who"; and
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| on page 3, line 24, by replacing "given" with " presented or | 2 |
| mailed given "; and | 3 |
| by replacing line 25 on page 3 through line 11 on page 4 with | 4 |
| the following:
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| "of the right of continuation by either the employer or the | 6 |
| group policyholder. In no event, however, may the"; and
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| by replacing line 19 on page 4 through line 2 on page 5 with the | 8 |
| following: | 9 |
| " The insurer shall not deny coverage to the employee or | 10 |
| member due to the employer's failure to provide notice pursuant | 11 |
| to this Section to the employee or member. Until January 1, | 12 |
| 2010, in the event the employee or member contacts the insurer | 13 |
| regarding continuation rights and advises that notice has not | 14 |
| been provided by the employer or group policyholder, the | 15 |
| insurer shall provide a written explanation to the employee or | 16 |
| member of the employee's or member's continuation rights | 17 |
| pursuant to this Section. "; and
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| on page 5, line 13, after " presented ", by inserting " or | 19 |
| mailed "; and | 20 |
| on page 6, line 7, after " presented ", by inserting " or mailed "; | 21 |
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| on page 6, line 15, by replacing " sent " with " presented or | 2 |
| mailed "; and | 3 |
| on page 12, by replacing line 1 with the following:
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| " employee or member was covered under the group contract "; and | 5 |
| on page 12, by replacing line 18 with the following: | 6 |
| "(4) Within 10 days after the employee's or member's | 7 |
| Upon termination or reduction in hours below the"; and
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| by replacing line 21 on page 12 through line 4 on page 13 with | 9 |
| the following:
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| "by the employer . If the employee or member is unavailable, | 11 |
| written notice shall be or mailed by the employer to the last | 12 |
| known address of the employee or member within 10 days after | 13 |
| the employee's or member's termination or reduction in hours | 14 |
| below the minimum required by the group plan . The employer | 15 |
| shall also send a copy of the notice to the HMO. An employee or | 16 |
| member who"; and | 17 |
| on page 13, line 9, by replacing "given" with " presented or | 18 |
| mailed given "; and | 19 |
| on page 13, by replacing lines 10 through 22 with the | 20 |
| following:
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| "continuation by either the employer or the group policyholder. |
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| In no event, however, shall the employee or member"; and | 2 |
| on page 14, by replacing line 1 with the following:
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| "policyholder, or mailed by the policyholder"; and
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| on page 14, by replacing lines 5 through 14 with the following: | 5 |
| " The HMO shall not deny coverage to the employee or member | 6 |
| due to the employer's failure to provide notice pursuant to | 7 |
| this Section to the employee or member. Until January 1, 2010, | 8 |
| in the event the employee or member contacts the HMO regarding | 9 |
| continuation rights and advises that notice has not been | 10 |
| provided by the employer or group policyholder, the HMO shall | 11 |
| provide a written explanation to the employee or member of the | 12 |
| employee's or member's continuation rights pursuant to this | 13 |
| Section. "; and
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| on page 14, line 25, after " presented ", by inserting " or | 15 |
| mailed "; and | 16 |
| on page 15, line 19, after " presented ", by inserting " or | 17 |
| mailed "; and | 18 |
| on page 16, line 1, by replacing " sent " with " presented or | 19 |
| mailed ".
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