File Code: Insurance - Health and Life
- Sponsored By: 
 - 
Delegates Goldwater, Kopp, Barve, Krysiak, Frank, Pendergrass, Eckardt,
and Cadden
 
- Entitled: 
 - 
Consumer Health Care Protection Act
 
Consolidating and coordinating health care under the Office of
Consumer Health Care Protection; establishing the Office; creating the
Consumer Health Care Protection Commission and specifying powers and
duties of the Commission; establishing a People's Counsel and
specifying powers and duties of the People's Counsel; authorizing the
Commission to oversee health insurance regulation; and transferring
specified powers and duties from the Insurance Commissioner and
Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to the Commission.
House Action
- 6/25
 -  Pre-filed
 - 1/8
 - First Reading Economic Matters & Environmental Matters
 - 1/29
 - Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 3/18
 - Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters
 
Senate Action
- No Action
 
- Sponsored by:
 - Delegate Marilyn R. Goldwater, District 16
 - Delegate Kumar P. Barve, District 17
 - Delegate Joan Cadden, District 31
 - Delegate Adelaide C. Eckardt, District 37B
 - Delegate Robert L. Frank, District 11
 - Delegate Nancy K. Kopp, District 16
 - Delegate Carolyn J. Krysiak, District 46
 - Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13A
 
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
 - ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCIES
 - ANNOTATED CODE OF MARYLAND
 - COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS -see also- POLITICAL COMMITTEES
 - CONSUMER PROTECTION -see also- ADVTG.; LABELING; WARRANTIES.
 - HEALTH -see also- MENTAL HEALTH
 - HEALTH INSURANCE -see also- HMO; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS.
 - HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, DEPARTMENT OF
 - HEALTH PLANNING AND COST REVIEW
 - INSURANCE ADMINISTRATION
 - REPORTS -see also- RECORDS
 
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
 -   Consumer Health Care Protection
 - (
 0 ,
 1-101 ,
 1-201 ,
 1-202 ,
 1-203 ,
 1-204 ,
 1-205 ,
 1-206 ,
 2-101 ,
 2-102 ,
 2-103 ,
 2-104 ,
 2-105 ,
 2-106 ,
 2-107 ,
 2-108 ,
 2-201 ,
 2-202 ,
 2-203 ,
 2-204 ,
 2-205 ,
 2-301 ,
 2-302 ,
 2-303 ,
 2-304 ,
 2-305 ,
 2-306 ,
 2-401 ,
 2-402 ,
 2-403 ,
 2-404 ,
 2-405 ,
 2-406 ,
 2-407 ,
 2-408 ,
 2-409 ,
 2-410 ,
 2-411 ,
 2-412 ,
 2-413 ,
 2-501 ,
 3-3A-03 ,
 3-3A-02 ,
 3-3A-01 ,
 3-3B-01 ,
 3-5A-01 ,
 3-101 ,
 3-101 ,
 3-103 ,
 3-104 ,
 3-107 ,
 3-112 ,
 3-114 ,
 3-114.1 ,
 3-115 ,
 3-116 ,
 3-120 ,
 3-125 ,
 3-201 ,
 3-201 ,
 3-202 ,
 3-207 ,
 3-207.3 ,
 3-219 ,
 3-301 ,
 3-301 ,
 3-305 ,
 3-307 ,
 3-308 ,
 3-308 ,
 3-309 ,
 3-401 ,
 3-501 ,
 3-601 ,
 4-101 ,
 4-101 ,
 4-105 ,
 4-105.2 ,
 4-111 ,
 4-111.2 ,
 4-111.3 ,
 4-112.3 ,
 4-112.4 ,
 5-101 ,
 5-102 ,
 5-103 ,
 5-104 ,
 5-105 ,
 5-106 ,
 5-107 ,
 5-108 ,
 5-109 ,
 5-110 ,
 5-111 ,
 5-112 ,
 5-113 ,
 5-114 ,
 5-115 ,
 5-201 ,
 5-202 ,
 5-203 ,
 5-301 ,
 5-302 ,
 5-303 ,
 5-304 ,
 5-305 ,
 5-401 ,
 5-402 ,
 5-403 ,
 5-501 ,
 5-502 ,
 5-503 ,
 5-504 ,
 5-505 ,
 5-506 ,
 5-507 ,
 5-508 ,
 5-601 ,
 5-602 ,
 5-603 ,
 5-604 ,
 5-605 ,
 5-606 ,
 5-607 ,
 5-608 ,
 5-609 ,
 6-101 ,
 6-102 ,
 6-103 ,
 6-104 ,
 6-105 ,
 6-106 ,
 6-107 ,
 6-108 ,
 6-109 ,
 6-110 ,
 6-111 ,
 6-112 ,
 6-113 ,
 6-114 ,
 6-115 ,
 6-116 ,
 6-117 ,
 6-118 ,
 6-119 ,
 6-120 ,
 6-121 ,
 7-101 ,
 7-102 ,
 7-103 ,
 7-104 ,
 7-105 ,
 7-106 ,
 7-107 ,
 7-108 ,
 7-109 ,
 7-201 ,
 7-202 ,
 7-203 ,
 7-301 ,
 7-302 ,
 7-303 ,
 7-304 ,
 7-305 ,
 7-306 ,
 7-307 ,
 7-308 ,
 7-309 ,
 7-401 ,
 7-402 ,
 7-403 ,
 7-404 ,
 7-405 ,
 7-406 ,
 7-501 ,
 7-502 ,
 7-601 ,
 7-602 ,
 7-603 ,
 7-604 ,
 7-605 ,
 7-606 ,
 7-607 ,
 7-701 ,
 7-702 ,
 7-703 ,
 7-704 ,
 7-705 ,
 7-706 ,
 7-801 ,
 7-802 ,
 7-803 ,
 7-804 ,
 7-805 ,
 7-806 ,
 7-807 ,
 8-101 ,
 8-201 ,
 8-301 ,
 8-401 ,
 9-101 
)
 -   Health - General
 - (
 19-3A-01 ,
 19-3B-01 ,
 19-4A-01 ,
 19-101 ,
 19-107 ,
 19-108 ,
 19-109 ,
 19-114 ,
 19-126 ,
 19-201 ,
 19-208 ,
 19-301 ,
 19-401 ,
 19-501 ,
 19-701 ,
 19-901 ,
 19-1201 ,
 19-1301 ,
 19-1401 ,
 19-1501 ,
 19-1512 ,
 19-1601 
)
 -   Insurance
 - (
 4-209 ,
 6-101 ,
 6-102 ,
 6-104 ,
 6-107 ,
 8-301 ,
 15-101 
)
 
- Bill Text:
 -  First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading, Enrolled 
 - Fiscal Note:
 Available (PDF)