LANG-MAY-FLOWERS-MCKEON, O'BRIEN, FRANKS, BROSNAHAN, TURNER,ART, DELGADO, FORBY, SMITH,MICHAEL, REITZ AND MURPHY. New Act Creates the Health Care Entity Liability Act. Provides that health insurance carriers, health care plans, and other managed care entities for health care plans have the duty to exercise ordinary care when making health care treatment decisions and are liable for damages for harm to an insured or enrollee proximately caused by the failure to exercise ordinary care. Authorizes a private right of action. Defines terms. Applies only to causes of action that accrue on or after the effective date of the Act. Effective immediately. FISCAL NOTE (Department of Insurance) HB 80 will have no fiscal impact on the Department. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Provides that before bringing an action, a person must exercise any appeal and review procedures available under the Managed Care Reform and Patient Rights Act. DEC-08-2000 H PREFILED WITH CLERK JAN-10-2001 H FIRST READING JAN-10-2001 H REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES JAN-30-2001 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR MAY JAN-31-2001 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR FLOWERS JAN-31-2001 H ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE HEALTH CARE FEB-02-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR O'BRIEN FEB-15-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR FRANKS FEB-16-2001 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR MCKEON FEB-20-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BROSNAHAN FEB-20-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SOTO FEB-20-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR TURNER,ART FEB-20-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR DELGADO FEB-23-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR FORBY FEB-23-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SMITH,MICHAEL FEB-23-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR FOWLER FEB-28-2001 H DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 008-003-000 HHCA FEB-28-2001 H PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE FEB-28-2001 H FISCAL NOTE FILED FEB-28-2001 H CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE MAR-01-2001 H SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE MAR-01-2001 H AMENDMENT NO. 01-LANG MAR-01-2001 H AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL MAR-01-2001 H HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE MAR-06-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR REITZ MAR-13-2001 H AMENDMENT NO. 01-LANG MAR-13-2001 H RECOMMENDS BE ADOPTED HRUL/005-000-000 MAR-13-2001 H HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE MAR-14-2001 H AMENDMENT NO. 01-LANG MAR-14-2001 H ADOPTED MAR-14-2001 H PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE MAR-20-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MURPHY APR-06-2001 H RE-REFERRED TO RULES COMM/RULE 19(A) RULES HRUL JAN-07-2003 H SESSION SINE DIE END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Summary