Pre-filed December 30, 1999, and 1000 copies ordered printed.
Read 1st time January 5, 2000.
Read 2nd time January 6, 2000, and referred to the Committee on Insurance, January 13, 2000.
Reported from the Committee on Insurance, February 3, 2000, with the recommendation that the bill Do Pass by Consent.
Perfected by Consent February 21, 2000.
ANNE C. WALKER, Chief Clerk
To amend chapter 376, RSMo, relating to health insurance by adding thereto one new section relating to the same subject.
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. 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.
Missouri House of Representatives