File Code: Insurance - Health and Life
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 823
- Sponsored By:
-
Senators Astle, Della, Derr, Teitelbaum, Ruben, Trotter, Hollinger,
Hughes, Dorman, and Hafer
- Entitled:
-
Health Insurance -
Complaint Process for Adverse Decisions or
Grievances
Requiring a carrier to establish an internal grievance process for
members; requiring a carrier to file a copy of its grievance process
with the Maryland Insurance Commissioner and the Health Education and
Advocacy Unit in the Division of Consumer Protection of the Office of
the Attorney General and to update the initial filing annually;
requiring the Advocacy Unit to refer to the Commissioner a specified
member, to transmit specified information, and to establish a
specified toll-free telephone number; etc.
Senate Action
- 1/31
- First Reading Finance
- 2/4
- Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/26
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/27
- Third Reading Passed (46-0)
- 4/5
- Senate Refuses to Concur - House Amendments
- Senate Requests House Recede
- Conference Committee Appointed ...
- Senators Young, Bromwell, Madden
House Action
- 3/25
- First Reading Economic Matters
- 3/28
- Hearing 4/1 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/3
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters
- 3/30
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/31
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (131-4)
- 4/1
- House Refuses to Recede
- Conference Committee Appointed ...
- Delegates Busch, Gordon, Eckardt
- Sponsored by:
- Senator John C. Astle, District 30
- Senator George W. Della, Jr., District 47
- Senator John W. Derr, District 3
- Senator Arthur Dorman, District 21
- Senator John J. Hafer, District 1
- Senator Paula Colodny Hollinger, District 11
- Senator Ralph M. Hughes, District 40
- Senator Ida G. Ruben, District 20
- Senator Leonard H. Teitelbaum, District 19
- Senator Decatur W. Trotter, District 24
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- APPEALS -see also- JUDICIAL REVIEW
- ATTORNEY GENERAL
- CONSUMER PROTECTION -see also- ADVTG.; LABELING; WARRANTIES.
- FORMS
- HEALTH INSURANCE -see also- HMO; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS.
- HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS
- HEALTH OCCUPATIONS
- HEARINGS
- INSURANCE ADMINISTRATION
- NOTICES
- PHYSICIANS
- REPORTS -see also- RECORDS
- SUNSET
- TELEPHONES
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Health - General
- (
19-706
)
- Insurance
- (
2-104 ,
15-1401 ,
15-1402 ,
15-1403 ,
15-1404 ,
15-1405 ,
27-304
)
- Bill Text:
- First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
Amendments:
- Senate
- Number: 897740/1 (PDF) Offered on: MARCH 26, 1997 at: 13:44
Status: Adopted
- House
- Number: 753969/1 (PDF) Offered on: APRIL 3, 1997 at: 11:46
Status: Adopted