CHAPTER NUMBER: 47
File Code: Insurance - Health and Life
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Kirk, Cummings, Busch, Harrison,
Donoghue, C. Mitchell, Gordon, Boston, Barve,
Krysiak, Walkup, and Goldwater
- Entitled:
-
Health Insurance - Unfair Trade Practices - Discrimination Against
Enrollees
Making it an unfair trade practice for certain health networks to deny
health care services to enrollees under certain circumstances;
defining certain terms; and generally relating to a prohibition
against health networks from discriminating against enrollees under
certain circumstances.
House Action
- 1/22
- First Reading Economic Matters
- Hearing 1/25 at 1:30 p.m.
- 2/13
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters
- 2/14
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 2/16
- Third Reading Passed (130-6)
- 3/26
- Returned Passed
- 4/9
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 47
Senate Action
- 2/19
- First Reading Finance
- 2/28
- Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/25
- Favorable Report by Finance
- 3/26
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 3/28
- Third Reading Passed (47-0)
- Sponsored by:
- Delegate Ruth M. Kirk, District 44
- Delegate Kumar P. Barve, District 17
- Delegate Frank D. Boston, Jr., District 41
- Delegate Michael Erin Busch, District 30
- Delegate Elijah E. Cummings, District 44
- Delegate John P. Donoghue, District 2C
- Delegate Marilyn Goldwater, District 16
- Delegate Michael R. Gordon, District 17
- Delegate Hattie N. Harrison, District 45
- Delegate Carolyn J. Krysiak, District 46
- Delegate Clarence Mitchell, IV, District 44
- Delegate Mary Roe Walkup, District 36
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- CONSUMER PROTECTION -see also- ADVTG., LABELING, WARRANTIES.
- DISCRIMINATION -see also- SEX DISCRIMINATION
- HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS
- HEALTH OCCUPATIONS
- INSURANCE-HEALTH -see also- HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS
- UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Article - 48A Insurance Code
- (
215 ,
230B
)
- Bill Text:
- First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
Amendments:
- House
- Number: 263558/1 (PDF) Offered on: FEBRUARY 14, 1996 at: 09:18
Status: Adopted