SB246Introduced in the Senate
Revises provisions relating to health insurance coverage for gynecological or obstetrical services. (BDR 57-205)
Introduced by Roberta Lange, District 7
What does this bill do?
Plain-English breakdown
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Official description
AN ACT relating to insurance; requiring certain health plans to authorize a woman covered by such a plan to obtain covered gynecological or obstetrical services without first receiving authorization or a referral from her primary care physician; requiring such health plans to authorize a woman covered by such a plan to designate an obstetrician or gynecologist as her primary care physician under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Where it stands
Chapter 288.
June 6, 2025
How did lawmakers vote?
Assembly votes
1 recorded vote · each counted separately
Senate votes
1 recorded vote · each counted separately
AssemblyStage: Assembly Final Passage · May 22, 2025
27
Yes
15
No
0
Absent or Not Voting
42 assemblymembers recorded in this Assembly vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.
See how each assemblymember voted
| Assemblymember | District | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Daniele Monroe-Moreno | 1 | Yes |
| Heidi Kasama | 2 | No |
| Selena Torres-Fossett | 3 | Yes |
| Lisa Cole | 4 | No |
| Brittney Miller | 5 | Yes |
| Jovan Jackson | 6 | Yes |
| Tanya Flanagan | 7 | Yes |
| Duy Nguyen | 8 | Yes |
| Steve Yeager | 9 | Yes |
| Venise Karris | 10 | Yes |
Bill history
Read first time. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor. To printer.
From printer. 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.
Read first time. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor. To committee.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 564.) To printer.
From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint.
Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 27, Nays: 15.) To Senate.
In Senate.
Assembly Amendment No. 564 concurred in. To enrollment.
Enrolled and delivered to Governor.
Approved by the Governor.
Chapter 288.
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