HOUSE BILL 1038

File Code: Health Maintenance Organizations

Sponsored By:

Delegates Bonsack, W. Baker, Barve, Bozman, Branch, Brinkley, Conroy, Conway, Cryor, Crumlin, C. Davis, DeCarlo, Dewberry, Donoghue, Dypski, Exum, Elliott, Faulkner, Finifter, Frank, Fry, Fulton, Getty, Goldwater, Guns, Hammen, Harkins, Harrison, Heller, Holt, Howard, D. Hughes, Hutchins, Hurson, Kagan, Kelly, Klausmeier, Klima, Kirk, Kopp, Krysiak, Leopold, Linton, Love, Malone, McClenahan, McIntosh, McKee, C. Mitchell, Mohorovic, Morhaim, D. Murphy, Oaks, Muse, Perry, Pitkin, Preis, Rudolph, Stocksdale, Stull, Weir, Willis, Wood, Workman, Turner, Boston, Poole, Owings, Curran, Proctor, and Nathan-Pulliam

Entitled:

Health Maintenance Organizations - Quality of Care - Requirements

Synopsis:

Requiring a medical director of a health maintenance organization to be a physician licensed to practice in the State; requiring a health maintenance organization to provide an opportunity for members to request to receive health care services from any physician or other health care provider and be reimbursed under the same terms and conditions as in the member's contract with the health maintenance organization; etc.

Legislative History

House Action

2/3

First Reading Environmental Matters

2/5

Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.

2/19

Hearing cancelled

2/24

Re-referred Economic Matters

2/26

Hearing 3/17 at 2:00 p.m.

3/11

Hearing cancelled

Hearing 3/17 at 1:00 p.m.

3/20

Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters

Senate Action

No Action

Sponsored by:

Delegate Rose Mary Hatem Bonsack, District 34

Delegate Wheeler R. Baker, District 36

Delegate Kumar P. Barve, District 17

Delegate Frank D. Boston, Jr., District 41

Delegate K. Bennett Bozman, District 38

Delegate Talmadge Branch, District 45

Delegate David R. Brinkley, District 4A

Delegate Mary A. Conroy, District 23

Delegate Norman H. Conway, District 38

Delegate Michael A. Crumlin, District 25

Delegate Jean B. Cryor, District 15

Delegate Gerald J. Curran, District 43

Delegate Clarence Davis, District 45

Delegate Diane DeCarlo, District 6

Delegate Thomas E. Dewberry, District 47B

Delegate John P. Donoghue, District 2C

Delegate Cornell N. Dypski, District 46

Delegate Donald B. Elliott, District 4B

Delegate Nathaniel Exum, District 24

Delegate Patricia Anne Faulkner, District 14A

Delegate Michael J. Finifter, District 11

Delegate Robert L. Frank, District 11

Delegate Donald C. Fry, District 35A

Delegate Tony Edward Fulton, District 40

Delegate Joseph M. Getty, District 5

Delegate Marilyn R. Goldwater, District 16

Delegate Ronald A. Guns, District 36

Delegate Peter A. Hammen, District 46

Delegate James M. Harkins, District 35A

Delegate Hattie N. Harrison, District 45

Delegate Henry B. Heller, District 19

Delegate Kenneth C. Holt, District 6

Delegate Carolyn J. B. Howard, District 24

Delegate Don B. Hughes, District 37A

Delegate John Adams Hurson, District 18

Delegate Thomas E. Hutchins, District 28

Delegate Cheryl C. Kagan, District 17

Delegate James M. Kelly, District 9B

Delegate Ruth M. Kirk, District 44

Delegate Katherine Klausmeier, District 8

Delegate Martha S. Klima, District 9A

Delegate Nancy K. Kopp, District 16

Delegate Carolyn J. Krysiak, District 46

Delegate John R. Leopold, District 31

Delegate Samuel C. Linton, District 28

Delegate Mary Ann E. Love, District 32

Delegate James E. Malone, Jr., District 12A

Delegate Charles A. McClenahan, District 38

Delegate Maggie L. McIntosh, District 42

Delegate Robert A. McKee, District 2A

Delegate Clarence M. Mitchell, IV, District 44

Delegate Jacob J. Mohorovic, Jr., District 7

Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11

Delegate Donald E. Murphy, District 12A

Delegate C. Anthony Muse, District 26

Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10

Delegate Nathaniel T. Oaks, District 41

Delegate George W. Owings, III, District 27B

Delegate Marsha G. Perry, District 33

Delegate Joan B. Pitkin, District 23

Delegate Mary Louise Preis, District 34

Delegate James E. Proctor, Jr., District 27A

Delegate David D. Rudolph, District 35B

Delegate Nancy Reter Stocksdale, District 5

Delegate Paul S. Stull, District 4A

Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13A

Delegate Michael H. Weir, District 6

Delegate Ellen L. Willis, District 5

Delegate John F. Wood, Jr., District 29A

Delegate Betty Workman, District 1B

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

CONSUMER PROTECTION -see also- ADVTG.; LABELING; WARRANTIES.

HEALTH -see also- MENTAL HEALTH

HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS

HEALTH OCCUPATIONS

PHYSICIANS

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Health - General

( 19-705.1 , 19-708 , 19-710 )

Documents:

Bill Text:

First Reading (PDF), Third Reading, Enrolled

Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)