HOUSE BILL 166

Sponsored By:

The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Hammen, Hubbard, Anderson, Arora, Barnes, Cullison, Dumais, Gutierrez, Guzzone, Hucker, A. Kelly, Lee, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Reznik, Rosenberg, V. Turner, and Zucker

Entitled:

Maryland Health Benefit Exchange Act of 2011

Synopsis:

Establishing the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange as a public corporation and an independent unit of State government; establishing the purposes, powers, and duties of the Exchange; establishing the Board of Trustees of the Exchange; providing for the qualifications, appointment, term, and removal of members of the Board; establishing the powers and duties of the Board; requiring the Board to appoint an Executive Director of the Exchange, with the approval of the Governor, and to determine the Executive Director's compensation; etc.

History by Legislative and Calendar Date

House Action

1/26

First Reading Health and Government Operations

2/2

Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.

3/25

Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations

3/23

Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted

Second Reading Passed with Amendments

3/26

Third Reading Passed (115-22)

4/7

Returned Passed

Senate Action

3/25

First Reading Finance & Budget and Taxation

3/29

Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m. (Finance)

4/8

Favorable Report by Finance

4/5

Favorable Report Adopted

Second Reading Passed

4/6

Third Reading Passed (33-12)

Action after passage in House and Senate

4/12

Approved by the Governor

- Chapter 2

Sponsored by:

Speaker, The

Administration

Delegate Curt Anderson, District 43

Delegate Sam Arora, District 19

Delegate Ben Barnes, District 21

Delegate Bonnie Cullison, District 19

Delegate Kathleen M. Dumais, District 15

Delegate Ana Sol Gutierrez, District 18

Delegate Guy Guzzone, District 13

Delegate Peter A. Hammen, District 46

Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23A

Delegate Tom Hucker, District 20

Delegate Ariana B. Kelly, District 16

Delegate Susan C. Lee, District 16

Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11

Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10

Delegate Joseline A. Pena-Melnyk, District 21

Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13

Delegate Kirill Reznik, District 39

Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg, District 41

Delegate Veronica Turner, District 26

Delegate Craig J. Zucker, District 14

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

Administrative Agencies -see also- Electronic Government

Assessments

Budget and Management, Department of

Committees and Commissions -see also- Political Committees

Disclosure

Electronic Government

Ethics

Federal Government

Fees -see also- Attys' Fees; Devt Fees & Taxes; Reimb Rates.

Health Insurance -see also- HMOS; Managed Care Organizations

Health Maintenance Organizations -see also- Manage Care Orgs

Investigations and Inquiries -see also- Crim Bckgrnd Invest.

Laws and Ordinances -see also- Pub Local Laws; Uniform Laws.

Penalties and Sentences -see also- Death Penalty

Prices -see also- Consumer Price Index

Procurement

Public Corporations and Instrumentalities

Public Information

Reports

Revenue and Taxes -see also- Dev Fees & Taxes; specific tax.

Rules and Regulations

Salaries -see also- Overtime; Reimbursement Rates

Small Business

State Employees

Tax Credits -see also- Circuit Breaker

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Insurance

( 31-101 , 31-102 , 31-103 , 31-104 , 31-105 , 31-106 , 31-107 , 31-108 , 31-109 , 31-110 , 31-111 )

Documents

Bill Text: First Reading, Third Reading, Enrolled, Chapter

Fiscal and Policy Note: Available

Amendments:

House

Number: 366783/01     Offered on: March 25, 2011   at: 11:33 a.m.     Status: Adopted

Committee Votes :

House

Health and Government Operations

Senate

Finance

Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):

House

March 26, 2011: Third Reading Passed (115-22)

Senate

April 6, 2011: Third Reading Passed (33-12)