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Legislation


1998 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 972

File Code: Civil Actions and Procedures Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 652
Sponsored By:
Chairman, Judiciary Committee (Office of the Attorney General) and Delegates Taylor, Barve, Busch, Cadden, Campbell, Conroy, Curran, Dypski, Frank, Frush, Gordon, Harrison, Healey, Hecht, Hixson, Hubbard, Kagan, Kopp, Mandel, Marriott, McIntosh, Menes, Mohorovic, Montague, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Pendergrass, Petzold, Pitkin, Preis, Rawlings, Rosenberg, Shriver, Workman, Dembrow, and Finifter
Entitled:
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - State Claims

Synopsis:

Clarifying that the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's right of subrogation for payments relating to medical assistance recipents is not an exclusive right, remedy, or cause of action.

History by Legislative Date

House Action
2/13
First Reading Judiciary
2/18
Hearing 3/12 at 2:00 p.m.
3/28

Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
3/27
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Floor Amendment (Delegate Flanagan) Rejected (42-87)
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
3/28
Special Order p.m. session (Delegate Vallario) Adopted
3/29
Special Order after Special Order calendar (Delegate Vallario) Adopted
Motion vote previous question (Delegate Gordon) Adopted
Third Reading Passed (76-59)
Senate Action
3/30
First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored by:
Chairman, Judiciary Comm.
Delegate Kumar P. Barve, District 17
Delegate Michael Erin Busch, District 30
Delegate Joan Cadden, District 31
Delegate James W. Campbell, District 42
Delegate Mary A. Conroy, District 23
Delegate Gerald J. Curran, District 43
Delegate Dana Lee Dembrow, District 20
Delegate Cornell N. Dypski, District 46
Delegate Michael J. Finifter, District 11
Delegate Robert L. Frank, District 11
Delegate Barbara Frush, District 21
Delegate Michael R. Gordon, District 17
Delegate Hattie N. Harrison, District 45
Delegate Anne Healey, District 22A
Delegate Sue C. Hecht, District 3
Delegate Sheila Ellis Hixson, District 20
Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23
Delegate Cheryl C. Kagan, District 17
Delegate Nancy K. Kopp, District 16
Delegate Adrienne A. Mandel, District 19
Delegate Salima Siler Marriott, District 40
Delegate Maggie L. McIntosh, District 42
Delegate Pauline H. Menes, District 21
Delegate Jacob J. Mohorovic, Jr., District 7
Delegate Kenneth C. Montague, Jr., District 43
Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11
Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10
Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13A
Delegate Carol Stoker Petzold, District 19
Delegate Joan B. Pitkin, District 23
Delegate Mary Louise Preis, District 34
Delegate Howard P. Rawlings, District 40
Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg, District 42
Delegate Mark K. Shriver, District 15
Delegate Casper R. Taylor, Jr., District 1C
Delegate Betty Workman, District 1B
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
CIGARETTES -see also- SMOKING
CIVIL ACTIONS -see also- SMALL CLAIMS
COMMERCE AND BUSINESS -see also- ENTERPRISE ZONES;SMALL BUS.
HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, DEPARTMENT OF
INDUSTRY AND TECHNOLOGY
MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
PATIENTS
SMOKING -see also- CIGARETTES
TOBACCO
TORTS -see also- LIBEL & SLANDER; MED MAL.; WRONGFUL DEATH
Bill affects the following Statute:
Health - General
( 15-120 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled
Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)
Amendments:
House
Number: 113109/1 (PDF)     Offered on: March 28, 1998   at: 10:47 a.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 621190/1 (PDF)     Offered on: March 28, 1998   at: 10:47 a.m.     Status: Adopted
Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
March 27, 1998: Floor Amendment (Flanagan) {113109/1 Rejected (42-87)
March 29, 1998: Third Reading Passed (76-59)
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