Senate Bill 50 Senate Author: Nelson
Effective: 9-1-05 House Sponsor: Smithee
Senate Bill 50 amends the Insurance Code to require an insurer or a health maintenance organization (HMO) to include in a contract with a participating physician, a provider, or a preferred provider--if requested by the contracting party--a provision that prohibits the insurer or HMO from refusing to process or pay an electronically submitted clean claim because the claim was submitted or batched with a non-clean claim. The bill authorizes the commissioner of insurance to impose penalties relating to violations of this provision.