House Journal: Page 1270: Wednesday, April 14, 1999

13     6.  A third-party payor shall not remove a health

14   care provider from its plan or refuse to renew the
15   participation of a health care provider under its plan
16   for advocating appropriate and medically necessary
17   health care services for an insured or enrollee.
18     7.  A third-party payor shall not enter into a
19   contract with a hospital or health care provider or
20   pharmaceutical company which includes an
21   indemnification or hold harmless clause for the acts
22   or conduct of the third-party payor.  Any such
23   indemnification or hold harmless clause in an existing
24   contract is void.
25     8.  A provision under state law prohibiting a
26   third-party payor from practicing medicine or being
27   licensed to practice medicine shall not be asserted as
28   a defense by such third-party payor in an action
29   brought against it pursuant to this section or any
30   other applicable law.
31     9.  In an action against a third-party payor, a
32   finding that a health care provider is an employee,
33   agent, or representative of such third-party payor
34   shall not be based solely on proof that such a health
35   care provider's name appears in a listing of approved
36   health care providers made available to an insured or
37   enrollee under a health care plan.
38     10.  This chapter does not apply to workers'
39   compensation coverages."
40     2.  By renumbering as necessary.
Roll call was requested by Osterhaus of Jackson and Chapman of 
Linn.
On the question "Shall amendment H-1176 be adopted?" (S.F. 276)
	The ayes were, 43:
Arnold	Bell	Bukta	Burnett
Cataldo	Chapman	Cohoon	Doderer
Dotzler	Drees	Falck	Fallon
Foege	Frevert	Grundberg	Holveck
Huser	Jochum	Kreiman	Kuhn
Larkin	Mascher	May	Mertz
Mundie	Murphy	Myers	O'Brien
Osterhaus	Parmenter	Reynolds	Richardson
Scherrman	Schrader	Shoultz	Stevens
Taylor	Thomas	Warnstadt	Weigel
Whitead	Wise	Witt	

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