File Code: Insurance - Health and Life
Prior Year Introduction As: HB 1417/96 - ECM
- Sponsored By: 
 - 
Delegates Frank, Crumlin, Krysiak, Love, and Morhaim
 
- Entitled: 
 - 
Health Insurance - Health Benefits Appeals Board
 
Creating a Health Benefits Appeals Board in the Insurance
Administration; providing funding and staff for the Board; authorizing
the Board to hear cases involving limitations on or denial of coverage
for health benefits; and empowering the Board to reverse specified
decisions of health insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and
health maintenance organizations.
House Action
- 1/30
 - First Reading Economic Matters
 - 2/12
 - Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 3/12
 - Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters
 
Senate Action
- No Action
 
- Sponsored by:
 - Delegate Robert L. Frank, District 11
 - Delegate Michael A. Crumlin, District 25
 - Delegate Carolyn J. Krysiak, District 46
 - Delegate Mary Ann E. Love, District 32
 - Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11
 
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
 - APPEALS -see also- JUDICIAL REVIEW
 - COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS -see also- POLITICAL COMMITTEES
 - CONSUMER PROTECTION -see also- ADVTG.; LABELING; WARRANTIES.
 - FEES -see also- DEVELOPMENT FEES AND TAXES
 - HEALTH -see also- MENTAL HEALTH
 - HEALTH INSURANCE -see also- HMO; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS.
 - HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS
 - HEALTH OCCUPATIONS
 - INSURANCE ADMINISTRATION
 
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
 -   Health - General
 - (
 19-706 
)
 -   Insurance
 - (
 2-104 ,
 2-114 ,
 2-501 ,
 2-502 ,
 2-503 ,
 2-504 ,
 2-505 ,
 2-506 ,
 6-301 ,
 6-302 ,
 6-303 
)
 
- Bill Text:
 -  First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading, Enrolled 
 - Fiscal Note:
 Available (PDF)