HOUSE BILL 1284

Sponsored By:

Delegates Healey, Barkley, Benson, Bobo, Boschert, Bronrott, Cane, Carter, G. Clagett, V. Clagett, Conroy, Cryor, C. Davis, Donoghue, Doory, Dumais, Feldman, Franchot, Frush, Gaines, Gilleland, Goldwater, Goodwin, Gutierrez, Haynes, Heller, Hixson, Holmes, Hubbard, Kaiser, Kelley, King, Kirk, Krysiak, Lee, Love, Madaleno, Malone, Mandel, Marriott, McHale, McIntosh, Menes, Moe, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Oaks, Paige, Parker, Patterson, Pendergrass, Quinter, Ramirez, Rosenberg, Ross, Rudolph, Taylor, V. Turner, Vaughn, Hurson, and Kullen

Entitled:

Fair Share Health Care Fund Act

Synopsis:

Establishing the Fair Share Health Care Fund; establishing the purpose of the Fund; providing that the Fund consists of specified payments made by employers in connection with a specified health care payroll assessment; providing that the Fund is a special, nonlapsing fund; requiring the State Treasurer to hold the Fund and the Comptroller to account for the Fund; requiring that investment earnings of the Fund be retained in the Fund; requiring the interest on and other income from the Fund be separately accounted for; etc.

History by Legislative Date

House Action

2/11

First Reading Health and Government Operations

2/23

Hearing 3/8 at 1:00 p.m.

3/22

Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations

Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted

Special Order 3/24 (Delegate Arnick) Adopted

3/23

Special Order after Third Reading calendar (Delegate O'Donnell) Adopted

Floor Amendment (Delegate O'Donnell) Rejected (48-80)

Floor Amendment (Delegate McMillan)

Motion vote previous question (Delegate Moe) Adopted

Floor Amendment (Delegate McMillan) Rejected

Floor Amendment (Delegate McMillan)

Motion vote previous question (Delegate McHale) Adopted

Floor Amendment (Delegate McMillan) Rejected (39-90)

Second Reading Passed with Amendments

3/24

Third Reading Passed (84-50)

4/8

House Concur - Senate Amendments

Third Reading Passed (84-50)

Passed Enrolled

Senate Action

3/28

First Reading Finance & Budget and Taxation

3/29

Hearing 4/6 at 1:00 p.m.

4/8

Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance

4/5

Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted

Second Reading Passed with Amendments

4/7

Floor Amendment (Senator Stoltzfus)

Special Order until evening session (Senator Stoltzfus) Adopted

Floor Amendment (Senator Stoltzfus) Rejected (18-28)

Floor Amendment (Senator Stoltzfus) Rejected (20-27)

Third Reading Passed with Amendments (30-17)

Action after passage in House and Senate

5/19

Governor vetoed - Policy

 

1/11/2006

House - Motion Special Order until 1/12 (Delegate Barve) Adopted

1/12/2006

House - Motion override the Governors veto

House - Veto overridden (88-50)

 

1/13/2006

Senate - Motion Special Order until 1/17 (Senator McFadden) Adopted

1/17/2006

Senate - Motion override the Governors veto

Senate - Veto overridden (30-17)

 

Became law per Maryland Constitution, Ch 3 of 2006 Session

Sponsored by:

Delegate Anne Healey, District 22

Delegate Charles Barkley, District 39

Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24

Delegate Elizabeth Bobo, District 12B

Delegate David G. Boschert, District 33A

Delegate William A. Bronrott, District 16

Delegate Rudolph C. Cane, District 37A

Delegate Jill P. Carter, District 41

Delegate Virginia P. Clagett, District 30

Delegate Galen R. Clagett, District 3A

Delegate Mary A. Conroy, District 23A

Delegate Jean B. Cryor, District 15

Delegate Clarence Davis, District 45

Delegate John P. Donoghue, District 2C

Delegate Ann Marie Doory, District 43

Delegate Kathleen M. Dumais, District 15

Delegate Brian J. Feldman, District 15

Delegate Peter Franchot, District 20

Delegate Barbara Frush, District 21

Delegate Tawanna P. Gaines, District 22

Delegate Terry R. Gilleland, Jr., District 32

Delegate Marilyn R. Goldwater, District 16

Delegate Marshall T. Goodwin, District 40

Delegate Ana Sol Gutierrez, District 18

Delegate Keith E. Haynes, District 44

Delegate Henry B. Heller, District 19

Delegate Sheila E. Hixson, District 20

Delegate Marvin E. Holmes, Jr., District 23B

Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23A

Delegate John Adams Hurson, District 18

Delegate Anne R. Kaiser, District 14

Delegate Darryl A. Kelley, District 26

Delegate Nancy J. King, District 39

Delegate Ruth M. Kirk, District 44

Delegate Carolyn J. Krysiak, District 46

Delegate Sue Kullen, District 27B

Delegate Susan C. Lee, District 16

Delegate Mary Ann E. Love, District 32

Delegate Richard S. Madaleno, Jr., District 18

Delegate James E. Malone, Jr., District 12A

Delegate Adrienne A. Mandel, District 19

Delegate Salima Siler Marriott, District 40

Delegate Brian K. McHale, District 46

Delegate Maggie McIntosh, District 43

Delegate Pauline H. Menes, District 21

Delegate Brian R. Moe, District 21

Delegate Gareth E. Murray, District 20

Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10

Delegate Doyle L. Niemann, District 47

Delegate Nathaniel T. Oaks, District 41

Delegate Jeffrey A. Paige, District 44

Delegate Rosetta C. Parker, District 47

Delegate Obie Patterson, District 26

Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13

Delegate Neil F. Quinter, District 13

Delegate Victor R. Ramirez, District 47

Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg, District 41

Delegate Justin D. Ross, District 22

Delegate David D. Rudolph, District 34B

Delegate Herman L. Taylor, Jr., District 14

Delegate Veronica Turner, District 26

Delegate Michael L. Vaughn, District 24

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

HEALTH -see also- MENTAL HEALTH

HEALTH INSURANCE -see also- HMOS; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS

LABOR, LICENSING, AND REGULATION, DEPARTMENT OF

MEDICAL ASSISTANCE

NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS

PENALTIES

REPORTS

REVENUE AND TAXES -see also- DEV FEES & TAXES; specific tax.

RULES AND REGULATIONS

WORK, LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT -see also- COL BARG; HOLIDAY; etc

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Health - General

( 15-142 )

Labor and Employment

( 8.5-101 , 8.5-102 , 8.5-103 , 8.5-104 , 8.5-105 , 8.5-106 , 8.5-107 )

Documents:

Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format): First Reading, Third Reading, Enrolled

Fiscal Note (Displayed in PDF Format): Available

Amendments (Displayed in WordPerfect 8 Format):

House

Number: 173129/01 (PDF)     Offered on: March 24, 2005   at: 2:34 p.m.     Status: Rejected

Number: 283421/01 (PDF)     Offered on: March 24, 2005   at: 2:28 p.m.     Status: Rejected

Number: 316688/01 (PDF)     Offered on: March 23, 2005   at: 10:23 a.m.     Status: Adopted

Number: 963425/01 (PDF)     Offered on: March 24, 2005   at: 2:39 p.m.     Status: Rejected

Senate

Number: 013226/01 (PDF)     Offered on: April 9, 2005   at: 5:37 p.m.     Status: Rejected

Number: 073223/01 (PDF)     Offered on: April 9, 2005   at: 2:03 p.m.     Status: Rejected

Number: 477272/01 (PDF)     Offered on: April 8, 2005   at: 1:12 p.m.     Status: Adopted

Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):

House

March 23, 2005: Floor Amendment (ODonnell) {283421/1 Rejected (48-80)

March 23, 2005: Floor Amendment (McMillan) Rejected (39-90)

March 24, 2005: Third Reading Passed (84-50)

April 8, 2005: Third Reading Passed (84-50)

Senate

April 7, 2005: Floor Amendment (Stoltzfus) {073223/1 Rejected (18-28)

April 7, 2005: Floor Amendment (Stoltzfus) {013226/1 Rejected (20-27)

April 7, 2005: Third Reading Passed (30-17)