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HB0083 • 2014

Insurance-coverage of inherited enzymatic disorders.

AN ACT relating to health insurance; providing for a premium tax credit for the costs of coverage under the inherited enzymatic disorder coverage requirement; providing authority to the insurance commissioner; and providing for an effective date.

Taxes
Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Labor
Last action
2014-03-06
Official status
enrolled
Effective date
3/4/2014

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Amendments

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HB0083HS001

Standing Committee • H10

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted Standing Committee by H10

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Bill History

  1. 2014-03-06 LSO

    Assigned Chapter Number

  2. 2014-03-04 Governor

    Governor Signed HEA0004

  3. 2014-02-28 Senate

    S President Signed HEA No. 0004

  4. 2014-02-27 House

    H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0004

  5. 2014-02-26 LSO

    Assigned Number HEA0004

  6. 2014-02-26 Senate

    S Passed 3rd Reading

  7. 2014-02-25 Senate

    S Passed 2nd Reading

  8. 2014-02-24 Senate

    S Passed CoW

  9. 2014-02-21 Senate

    S Placed on General File

  10. 2014-02-21 Senate

    S10 Recommended Do Pass

  11. 2014-02-20 Senate

    S Introduced and Referred to S10

  12. 2014-02-19 Senate

    S Received for Introduction

  13. 2014-02-18 House

    H Passed 3rd Reading

  14. 2014-02-17 House

    H Passed 2nd Reading

  15. 2014-02-14 House

    H Passed CoW

  16. 2014-02-14 House

    H Amendments Adopted

  17. 2014-02-14 House

    Amendment Adopted

  18. 2014-02-12 House

    H Placed on General File

  19. 2014-02-12 House

    H02 Recommended Do Pass

  20. 2014-02-11 House

    H Rereferred to H02

  21. 2014-02-11 House

    H Placed on General File

  22. 2014-02-11 House

    H10 Recommended Amend and Do Pass

  23. 2014-02-10 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H10

  24. 2014-02-10 House

    H Received for Introduction

  25. 2014-02-07 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

Bill No.: <billno> Drafter: <drafterinit>

Bill No.:
HB0083
Drafter:

JWL

LSO No.:
14LSO-0277
Effective Date:

Immediate

Enrolled Act No.:
HEA0004

Chapter No.:
CH0020

Prime Sponsor:
Joint Labor, Health and Social Services Interim Committee

Catch Title:
Insurance-coverage of inherited enzymatic disorders.

Subject:
Premium tax credit for certain mandated benefits

Summary/Major
Elements:

W.S. 26-20-401 requires health insurance companies and
HMOs to provide coverage for the cost of training and nutritional therapy
related to inherited enzymatic disorders such as phenylketonuria.

This act provides that the cost of the mandated benefits
paid by an insurer between 1/1/2014 and 6/30/2017 shall be allowed as a credit
against that insurers subsequent premium tax liability.

Comments:

The tax credit
created by this act is repealed effective June 30, 2017.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
WORKING DRAFT

ORIGINAL HOUSE
BILL

NO.
0083

ENROLLED ACT NO. 4, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2014 BUDGET SESSION

AN ACT relating to
health insurance; providing for a premium tax credit for the costs of coverage under the inherited enzymatic disorder coverage requirement; providing authority to the insurance commissioner;
providing a sunset date;
and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1.

W.S. 26
‑
20
‑
401 by creating a new subsection (e) is amended to read:

26
‑
20
‑
401.

Inherited enzymatic disorder coverage required.

(e)

The cost of any benefits paid pursuant to this article by an insurer or health maintenance organization
in
policies or contracts
with an initial effective date on or
after January 1, 2014 shall be allowed as a credit against any state premium tax liability that would otherwise be due to the state under the Wyoming Insurance Code. The commissioner shall collect necessary information and prescribe reporting requirements to implement the premium tax credit provided by this section.
This subsection is repealed June 30, 2017.

Section 2.

An insurer or health maintenance organization shall be provided a credit as provided by W.S. 26
‑
20
‑
401(e) for the costs of benefits paid through June 30, 2017.

Section
3
.

This act is effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the House.

Chief Clerk

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