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Legislation


1998 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 344

File Code: Health Care Facilities and Regulation
Sponsored By:
Chairman, Environmental Matters Committee (Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)
Entitled:
Health Services Cost Review Commission - Hospital Rates - Outpatient Services

Synopsis:

Requiring the Health Services Cost Review Commission to allow hospitals to charge less than a Commission-approved rate for outpatient surgical services; authorizing the Commission to define specified hospital outpatient services for which a hospital may charge less than a Commission-approved rate under specified circumstances; requiring hospitals that charge less than a Commission-approved rate for an outpatient service to provide certain information to the Commission; etc.

History by Legislative Date

House Action
1/29
First Reading Environmental Matters
Hearing 2/3 at 1:00 p.m.
4/7

Favorable with Amendments Report by Environmental Matters
4/2
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Special Order 4/8 (Perry) Adopted
4/3
Floor Amendment (Delegate La Vay) Adopted
Floor Amendment (Delegate Rosenberg) Rejected (33-86)
Special Order after Third Reading calendar (Mossburg) Adopted
Floor Amendment (Mossburg) Rejected
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
4/4
Third Reading Passed (87-47)
Senate Action
4/9
First Reading Senate Rules
Motion Rules Suspended Referred Finance (Trotter) Adopted
Sponsored by:
Chairman, Environmental Matters Comm.
Departmental
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
AUDITORS AND AUDITS
COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS -see also- POLITICAL COMMITTEES
HEALTH PLANNING AND COST REVIEW
HOSPITALS -see also- CLINICS; STATE HOSPITALS
PRICES -see also- CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
PUBLIC INFORMATION
RECORDS -see also- RCDNGS; LAND RCDS; VITAL RCDS; CRIM BKGD.
RULES AND REGULATIONS
Bill affects the following Statute:
Health - General
( 19-217 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled
Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)
Amendments:
House
Number: 213102/1 (PDF)     Offered on: April 8, 1998   at: 11:13 a.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 319283/1 (PDF)     Offered on: April 7, 1998   at: 11:14 a.m.     Status: Adopted
Number: 623202/2 (PDF)     Offered on: April 8, 1998   at: 12:17 p.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 863601/1 (PDF)     Offered on: April 8, 1998   at: 11:11 a.m.     Status: Adopted
Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
April 3, 1998: Floor Amendment (Rosenberg) {213102/1 Rejected (33-86)
April 4, 1998: Third Reading Passed (87-47)
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