CHAPTER NUMBER: 697
File Code: Health Maintenance Organizations
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 789
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates
Taylor, Boutin, Cane, Frush, Hammen, Hubbard, Klausmeier,
Nathan-Pulliam, Stern, and Weir
- Entitled:
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Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Health Maintenance
Organization (HMO) Quality Assurance Unit - Quality Assurance Medical
Director
Establishing a Health Maintenance Organization Quality Assurance Unit
in the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; requiring the
Secretary to appoint a Quality Assurance Medical Director for the
Unit; providing for the qualifications of the Medical Director;
requiring the Unit to investigate quality of care complaints referred
from the Insurance Commissioner and to enforce other statutory and
regulatory requirements; etc.
House Action
- 3/8
- First Reading House Rules
- 3/11
- Re-referred Environmental Matters
- 3/15
- Hearing 3/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/22
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Environmental Matters
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/24
- Third Reading Passed (134-5)
- 4/9
- House Concur - Senate Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (137-0)
- Passed Enrolled
- 5/27
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 697
Senate Action
- 3/25
- First Reading Finance
- 3/26
- Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/5
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 4/6
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (46-0)
- Sponsored by:
- Delegate Casper R. Taylor, Jr., District 1C
- Delegate Charles R. Boutin, District 34
- Delegate Rudolph C. Cane, District 37A
- Delegate Barbara Frush, District 21
- Delegate Peter A. Hammen, District 46
- Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23
- Delegate Katherine Klausmeier, District 8
- Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10
- Delegate Joan F. Stern, District 39
- Delegate Michael H. Weir, District 6
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- APPEALS -see also- JUDICIAL REVIEW
- CONSUMER PROTECTION -see also- ADVTG.; LABELING; WARRANTIES.
- HEALTH -see also- MENTAL HEALTH
- HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, DEPARTMENT OF
- HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS -see also- MAN. CARE ORGS
- HEARINGS
- INSURANCE ADMINISTRATION
- INVESTIGATIONS AND INQUIRIES -see also- CRIM BCKGRND INVEST.
- NOTICES
- PENALTIES
- PUBLIC OFFICIALS -see also- TREASURERS
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Health - General
- (
19-702 ,
19-705.2 ,
19-705.8 ,
19-728 ,
19-729 ,
19-730 ,
19-731 ,
19-731 ,
19-732 ,
19-733
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled (PDF)
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- House
- Number: 419598/1 (PDF) Offered on: March 22, 1999 at:
6:02 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Senate
- Number: 357460/1 (PDF) Offered on: April 5, 1999 at:
9:33 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- House
- March 24, 1999: Third Reading Passed (134-5)
- April 9, 1999: Third Reading Passed (137-0)
- Senate
- April 6, 1999: Third Reading Passed (46-0)