File Code: Insurance - Health and Life
- Sponsored By:
-
Senators Hollinger, Boozer, Della, Collins, Dyson, Derr, Lawlah,
Middleton, Hafer, Ruben, and Teitelbaum
- Entitled:
-
Health Maintenance Organizations - Office of Ombudsman
Requiring the Secretary of the Department of Health and Mental
Hygiene, with the advice of the Insurance Commissioner, to adopt
regulations establishing an Office of Health Maintenance Organizations
Ombudsman for providers and consumers; requiring a specified notice to
be included in specified contracts; requiring the Office of Ombudsman
to submit a report containing specified information to the Secretary
and Commissioner; and requiring specified information to be reported
to the General Assembly.
Senate Action
- 1/30
- First Reading Finance
- Hearing 2/8 at 1:00 p.m.
- 1/31
- Hearing cancelled
- Hearing 2/8 at 1:30 p.m.
- 3/19
- Unfavorable Report by Finance
House Action
- No Action
- Sponsored by:
- Senator Paula Colodny Hollinger, District 11
- Senator F. Vernon Boozer, District 9
- Senator Michael J. Collins, District 6
- Senator George W. Della, Jr., District 47
- Senator John W. Derr, District 3
- Senator Roy Dyson, District 29
- Senator John J. Hafer, District 1
- Senator Gloria Gary Lawlah, District 26
- Senator Thomas McLain Middleton, District 28
- Senator Ida G. Ruben, District 20
- Senator Leonard H. Teitelbaum, District 19
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- CONSUMER PROTECTION -see also- ADVTG., LABELING, WARRANTIES.
- CONTRACTS -see also- LAND INSTALLMENT CONTRACTS, PROCUREMENT
- GENERAL ASSEMBLY -see also- LEGISLATIVE POLICY COM., AELR
- HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, DEPARTMENT OF
- HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS
- INSURANCE ADMINISTRATION
- NOTICES
- OMBUDSMAN
- REPORTS -see also- RECORDS
- RULES AND REGULATIONS
- Bill affects the following Statute:
- Health - General
- (
19-705.2
)
- Bill Text:
- First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
Amendments:
None available