CHAPTER NUMBER: 131
File Code: Insurance - Health and Life
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 39
- Sponsored By:
-
Senators Forehand, Hollinger, Kelley, Lawlah, Ruben, Hoffman,
Teitelbaum, Hughes, Collins, Sfikas, Roesser, and Van Hollen
- Entitled:
-
Insurance - Unfair Trade Practices - Discrimination Based on Domestic
Violence
Prohibiting insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health
maintenance organizations from discrimination based on information
related to an individual's status as a victim of abuse or domestic
violence in underwriting, issuance or renewal of, or payment of claims
on life or health insurance policies or health benefit plans; and
establishing immunity from specified actions for insurers who issue
life insurance policies under specified circumstances.
Senate Action
- 1/29
- First Reading Finance
- Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.
- 2/29
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
- 3/1
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/5
- Third Reading Passed (46-0)
- 4/5
- Senate Concur - House Amendment
- Third Reading Passed (45-0)
- Passed Enrolled
- 4/30
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 131
House Action
- 3/6
- First Reading Economic Matters
- 3/8
- Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/4
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters
- 3/29
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/30
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (136-0)
- Sponsored by:
- Senator Jennie M. Forehand, District 17
- Senator Michael J. Collins, District 6
- Senator Barbara A. Hoffman, District 42
- Senator Paula Colodny Hollinger, District 11
- Senator Ralph M. Hughes, District 40
- Senator Delores G. Kelley, District 10
- Senator Gloria Gary Lawlah, District 26
- Senator Jean W. Roesser, District 15
- Senator Ida G. Ruben, District 20
- Senator Perry Sfikas, District 46
- Senator Leonard H. Teitelbaum, District 19
- Senator Christopher Van Hollen, Jr., District 18
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- DISCRIMINATION -see also- SEX DISCRIMINATION
- DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
- HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS
- INSURANCE-GENERAL
- INSURANCE-HEALTH -see also- HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS
- LIABILITY -see also- GOOD SAMARITAN
- UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES
- WOMEN
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Health - General
- (
19-706
)
- Article - 48A Insurance Code
- (
234C ,
234D
)
- Bill Text:
- First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled (PDF)
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
Amendments:
- Senate
- Number: 217432/1 (PDF) Offered on: MARCH 1, 1996 at: 11:30
Status: Adopted
- House
- Number: 553451/1 (PDF) Offered on: APRIL 4, 1996 at: 10:28
Status: Adopted