AB202Introduced in the Assembly
Revises provisions relating to claims for dental care. (BDR 57-573)
Introduced by Tracy Brown-May, District 42
What does this bill do?
Plain-English breakdown
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Official description
AN ACT relating to insurance; revising certain definitions for the purposes of certain coverage for health care services; revising provisions governing the circumstances under which a managed care organization is not required to authorize coverage of a health care service; revising the applicability of certain provisions requiring certain insurers to establish a system of procedures for resolving complaints of insured persons and providing for the external review of an adverse determination to include certain insurers that issue policies or certificates that provide only dental coverage; revising the information which a health carrier is required to provide in a notice of an adverse determination; authorizing a dentist of a covered person to submit to the Office for Consumer Health Assistance in the Department of Health and Human Services a request for an external review of an adverse determination; requiring an independent review organization to notify the dentist of a covered person and a health carrier of certain information and the determination and reasons of the independent review organization; requiring a decision of an independent review organization to be based, in part, on certain documentary evidence, including any recommendation of the dentist of the insured; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Where it stands
Chapter 23. (Effective October 1, 2025)
May 27, 2025
How did lawmakers vote?
Assembly votes
1 recorded vote · each counted separately
Senate votes
1 recorded vote · each counted separately
SenateStage: Senate Final Passage · May 19, 2025
20
Yes
0
No
1
Absent or Not Voting
21 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.
See how each senator voted
| Senator | District | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Michelee Cruz-Crawford | 1 | Yes |
| Edgar Flores | 2 | Yes |
| Rochelle Nguyen | 3 | Yes |
| Dina Neal | 4 | Absent |
| Carrie Ann Buck | 5 | Yes |
| Nicole Cannizzaro | 6 | Yes |
| Roberta Lange | 7 | Yes |
| Marilyn Dondero Loop | 8 | Yes |
| Melanie Scheible | 9 | Yes |
| Fabian Donate | 10 | Yes |
Bill history
Prefiled.
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor.
Read first time.
To printer.
From printer. To committee.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
Placed on Second Reading File.
Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 42.)
Dispensed with reprinting.
Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.)
To printer.
From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint.
To Senate.
In Senate.
Read first time. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor. To committee.
From committee: Do pass.
Read second time.
Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 20, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To Assembly.
In Assembly. To enrollment.
Enrolled and delivered to Governor.
Approved by the Governor.
Chapter 23. (Effective October 1, 2025)
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