1997 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 211

CHAPTER NUMBER: 650 File Code: Insurance - Health and Life
Sponsored By:
Delegates Donoghue, Finifter, Mossburg, Pitkin, Bobo, Brinkley, Cadden, Conroy, DeCarlo, Dypski, Eckardt, Exum, Frank, Grosfeld, Healey, Howard, Hubbard, Hurson, Kach, Kagan, Klausmeier, Love, Marriott, Menes, Minnick, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Parker, Pendergrass, Perry, Petzold, Redmer, Turner, Walkup, Gordon, Love, V. Mitchell, Goldwater, Boston, Barve, Krysiak, Crumlin, Fulton, and Harrison
Entitled:
Maryland Health Insurance Reform - Application to Self-Employed Individuals

Synopsis:

Altering the definition of self-employment under the Maryland Health Insurance Reform Act to include, under specified circumstances, an individual whose income is derived from self-employment regardless of how the individual's business is organized; authorizing health insurance carriers to request documentation from a person to verify that the person meets specified criteria for insurance purposes; and providing for exceptions to the Act.

Legislative History

House Action
1/15
First Reading Economic Matters
1/29
Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
2/24
Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters
2/25
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2/28
Third Reading Passed (135-0)
4/1
Returned Passed
5/22
Signed by the Governor Chapter 650
Senate Action
3/3
First Reading Finance
3/5
Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m.
4/3
Favorable Report by Finance
4/4
Favorable Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed
4/5
Third Reading Passed (45-0)
Sponsored by:
Delegate John P. Donoghue, District 2C
Delegate Kumar P. Barve, District 17
Delegate Elizabeth Bobo, District 12B
Delegate Frank D. Boston, Jr., District 41
Delegate David R. Brinkley, District 4A
Delegate Joan Cadden, District 31
Delegate Mary A. Conroy, District 23
Delegate Michael A. Crumlin, District 25
Delegate Diane DeCarlo, District 6
Delegate Cornell N. Dypski, District 46
Delegate Adelaide C. Eckardt, District 37B
Delegate Nathaniel Exum, District 24
Delegate Michael J. Finifter, District 11
Delegate Robert L. Frank, District 11
Delegate Tony Edward Fulton, District 40
Delegate Marilyn R. Goldwater, District 16
Delegate Michael R. Gordon, District 17
Delegate Sharon M. Grosfeld, District 18
Delegate Hattie N. Harrison, District 45
Delegate Anne Healey, District 22A
Delegate Carolyn J. B. Howard, District 24
Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23
Delegate John Adams Hurson, District 18
Delegate A. Wade Kach, District 9A
Delegate Cheryl C. Kagan, District 17
Delegate Katherine Klausmeier, District 8
Delegate Carolyn J. Krysiak, District 46
Delegate Mary Ann E. Love, District 32
Delegate Salima Siler Marriott, District 40
Delegate Pauline H. Menes, District 21
Delegate Joseph J. Minnick, District 7
Delegate Van T. Mitchell, District 28
Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11
Delegate Mathew Mossburg, District 39
Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10
Delegate Joan N. Parker, District 10
Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13A
Delegate Marsha G. Perry, District 33
Delegate Carol Stoker Petzold, District 19
Delegate Joan B. Pitkin, District 23
Delegate Alfred W. Redmer, Jr., District 8
Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13A
Delegate Mary Roe Walkup, District 36
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
HEALTH INSURANCE -see also- HMO; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS.
SMALL BUSINESS
WORK, LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT -see also- LEAVE; OVERTIME
Bill affects the following Statutes:
Insurance
( 15-1203 , 15-1203 )
Article - 48A Insurance Code
( 698 , 698 )

Documents:

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

Amendments:
House
Number: 093264/1 (PDF) Offered on: FEBRUARY 25, 1997 at: 10:15 Status: Adopted