1996 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 614

File Code: Insurance - Health and Life Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 433
Sponsored By:
Delegates Doory, Donoghue, Goldwater, Krysiak, Workman, McKee, Poole, Hecht, Snodgrass, Stup, Brinkley, Stull, Getty, Stocksdale, DeCarlo, Minnick, Mohorovic, Klausmeier, E. Burns, Edwards, Nathan-Pulliam, Finifter, Frank, Bobo, Pendergrass, Turner, Faulkner, Cryor, Shriver, Kopp, Kagan, Grosfeld, Hurson, Heller, Petzold, Hixson, Frush, Menes, Rosapepe, Healey, Palumbo, Conroy, Hubbard, Pitkin, Benson, Exum, Slade, Howard, Muse, Valderrama, Proctor, Vallario, Hutchins, Cadden, Love, Rzepkowski, Perry, Bonsack, Jacobs, Preis, Fry, Rudolph, W. Baker, Walkup, Eckardt, Bozman, Conway, Ciliberti, Marriott, Boston, Oaks, Rosenberg, Curran, Montague, Kirk, C. Mitchell, Branch, Harrison, Dypski, Hammen, Opara, Kach, Elliott, and Crumlin
Entitled:
Health Insurance - Postpartum Mothers and Infants - Hospital Stays and Home Visits

Synopsis:

Requiring health insurers and health maintenance organizations to provide inpatient hospitalization coverage for a mother and newborn for a specified minimum length of time under certain circumstances; providing a specified exception; requiring specified home visits under specified circumstances; requiring specified private review agents and health maintenance organizations to authorize inpatient hospitalization coverage for a mother and newborn for a specified minimum length of time under specified circumstances; etc.

Legislative History

House Action
2/1
First Reading Economic Matters
2/14
Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
3/13
Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters
Senate Action
No Action
Sponsored by:
Delegate Ann Marie Doory, District 43
Delegate Wheeler R. Baker, District 36
Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24
Delegate Elizabeth Bobo, District 12B
Delegate Rose Mary Hatem Bonsack, District 34
Delegate Frank D. Boston, Jr., District 41
Delegate K. Bennett Bozman, District 38
Delegate Talmadge Branch, District 45
Delegate David R. Brinkley, District 4A
Delegate Emmett C. Burns, Jr., District 10
Delegate Joan Cadden, District 31
Delegate Barrie S. Ciliberti, District 39
Delegate Mary A. Conroy, District 23
Delegate Norman H. Conway, District 38
Delegate Michael A. Crumlin, District 25
Delegate Jean Cryor, District 15
Delegate Gerald J. Curran, District 43
Delegate Diane DeCarlo, District 6
Delegate John P. Donoghue, District 2C
Delegate Cornell N. Dypski, District 46
Delegate Adelaide C. Eckardt, District 37B
Delegate George C. Edwards, District 1A
Delegate Donald B. Elliott, District 4B
Delegate Nathaniel Exum, District 24
Delegate Patricia Anne Faulkner, District 14A
Delegate Michael J. Finifter, District 11
Delegate Robert L. Frank, District 11
Delegate Barbara Frush, District 21
Delegate Donald C. Fry, District 35A
Delegate Joseph M. Getty, District 5
Delegate Marilyn Goldwater, District 16
Delegate Sharon Grosfeld, District 18
Delegate Peter A. Hammen, District 46
Delegate Hattie N. Harrison, District 45
Delegate Anne Healey, District 22A
Delegate Sue Hecht, District 3
Delegate Henry B. Heller, District 19
Delegate Sheila Ellis Hixson, District 20
Delegate Carolyn J. B. Howard, District 24
Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23
Delegate John Adams Hurson, District 18
Delegate Thomas E. Hutchins, District 28
Delegate Nancy Jacobs, District 34
Delegate A. Wade Kach, District 9A
Delegate Cheryl C. Kagan, District 17
Delegate Ruth M. Kirk, District 44
Delegate Katherine Klausmeier, District 8
Delegate Nancy K. Kopp, District 16
Delegate Carolyn J. Krysiak, District 46
Delegate Mary Ann Love, District 32
Delegate Salima Siler Marriott, District 40
Delegate Robert A. McKee, District 2A
Delegate Pauline H. Menes, District 21
Delegate Joseph J. Minnick, District 7
Delegate Clarence Mitchell, IV, District 44
Delegate Jacob J. Mohorovic, Jr., District 7
Delegate Kenneth C. Montague, Jr., District 43
Delegate C. Anthony Muse, District 26
Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10
Delegate Nathaniel T. Oaks, District 41
Delegate Anthony J. O'Donnell, District 29C
Delegate Richard A. Palumbo, District 22A
Delegate Shane Pendergrass, District 13A
Delegate Marsha G. Perry, District 33
Delegate Carol Stoker Petzold, District 19
Delegate Joan B. Pitkin, District 23
Delegate D. Bruce Poole, District 2B
Delegate Mary Louise Preis, District 34
Delegate James E. Proctor, Jr., District 27A
Delegate James C. Rosapepe, District 21
Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg, District 42
Delegate David D. Rudolph, District 35B
Delegate James E. Rzepkowski, District 32
Delegate Mark K. Shriver, District 15
Delegate John F. Slade, III, District 29B
Delegate Louise V. Snodgrass, District 3
Delegate Nancy Reter Stocksdale, District 5
Delegate Paul S. Stull, District 4A
Delegate J. Anita Stup, District 3
Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13A
Delegate David M. Valderrama, District 26
Delegate Joseph F. Vallario, Jr., District 27A
Delegate Mary Roe Walkup, District 36
Delegate Betty Workman, District 1B
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
HEALTH -see also- MENTAL HEALTH
HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS
HOME HEALTH CARE -see also- RESPITE CARE
HOSPITALS -see also- CLINICS
INSURANCE-HEALTH -see also- HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS
NOTICES
PREGNANCY
WOMEN
Bill affects the following Statutes:
Health - General
( 19-706 , 19-1305.4 )
Article - 48A Insurance Code
( 490FF )

Documents:

Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF), Third Reading, Enrolled
Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)

Amendments: None available