CHAPTER NUMBER: 371
File Code: Insurance - Health
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 164
- Sponsored By:
-
Chairman, Economic Matters Committee (Departmental - Insurance
Administration, Maryland)
- Entitled:
-
Health Insurance - Internal Appeal and Grievance Processes
Requiring insurance carriers to document an adverse decision and to
provide written notice of an adverse decision that includes the
factual basis for the decision and references specified criteria and
standards to specified persons; requiring carriers to establish an
internal appeal process for use by their members and health care
providers for disputes relating to coverage decisions and providing
that carriers can comply with this requirement in a specified manner;
requiring carriers to meet the burden of persuasion as specified; etc.
House Action
- 2/3
- First Reading Economic Matters
- 2/9
- Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/6
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters
- 3/7
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Floor Committee Amendment Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/10
- Third Reading Passed (136-2)
- 4/4
- House Concur - Senate Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (135-2)
- Passed Enrolled
- 5/11
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 371
Senate Action
- 3/13
- First Reading Finance
- 3/15
- Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/28
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
- 3/29
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/30
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (47-0)
- Sponsored by:
- Chairman, Econ. Matters Comm.
- Departmental
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- APPEALS -see also- JUDICIAL REVIEW
- CONSUMER PROTECTION -see also- UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES
- DISCLOSURE
- HEALTH INSURANCE -see also- HMOS; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS
- HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS -see also- MAN CARE ORGS
- HEALTH OCCUPATIONS -see also specific health occupations-
- INSURANCE ADMINISTRATION
- NOTICES
- PENALTIES
- RECORDS -see also- LAND RECORDS; VITAL RECORDS
- RULES AND REGULATIONS
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Insurance
- (
15-10A-02 ,
15-10A-02 ,
15-10A-02 ,
15-10D-01 ,
15-10D-02 ,
15-10D-03 ,
15-10D-04
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled (PDF)
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- House
- Number: 523194/1 (PDF) Offered on: March 7, 2000 at:
10:44 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Number: 663597/1 (PDF) Offered on: March 7, 2000 at:
10:43 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Senate
- Number: 277172/1 (PDF) Offered on: March 29, 2000 at:
12:44 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- House
- March 10, 2000: Third Reading Passed (136-2)
- April 4, 2000: Third Reading Passed (135-2)
- Senate
- March 30, 2000: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
