SECOND REGULAR SESSION
[P E R F E C T E D]
SENATE BILL NO. 1004
91ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR LOUDON.
Read 1st time January 23, 2002, and 1,000 copies ordered printed.
Read 2nd time January 28, 2002, and referred to the Committee on Insurance and Housing.
Reported from the Committee February 26, 2002, with recommendation that the bill do pass with Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 and be placed on the Consent Calendar.
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 adopted March 12, 2002.
Taken up March 12, 2002. Read 3rd time and placed upon its final passage; bill passed.
TERRY L. SPIELER, Secretary.
4068S.01P
AN ACT
To amend chapter 376, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to health insurance.
Section A. Chapter 376, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 376.1450, to read as follows:
376.1450. An enrollee, as defined in section 376.1350, may waive his or her right to receive documents and materials from a managed care entity in printed form so long as such documents and materials are readily accessible electronically through the entity's Internet site. An enrollee may revoke such waiver at any time by notifying the managed care entity by phone or in writing or annually. Any enrollee who does not execute such a waiver and prospective enrollees shall have documents and materials from the managed care entity provided in printed form. For purposes of this section, "managed care entity" includes, but is not limited to, a health maintenance organization, preferred provider organization, point of service organization and any other managed health care delivery entity of any type or description.