CHAPTER NUMBER: 139
File Code: Insurance - Health and Life
- Sponsored By:
-
Chairman, Finance Committee (Departmental - Insurance
Administration, Maryland)
- Entitled:
-
Health Insurance - Extension of Benefits
Requiring specified insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and
health maintenance organizations to extend specified health insurance
benefits under specified circumstances and within specified time
limits; exempting the extended benefit requirement in specified
situations; prohibiting the charging of a premium when health
insurance benefits are extended; etc.
Senate Action
- 07/27
- Pre-filed
- 1/13
- First Reading Finance
- Hearing 1/27 at 2:00 p.m.
- 2/22
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
- 2/23
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 2/25
- Third Reading Passed (46-0)
- 4/9
- Return Passed
- 4/27
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 139
House Action
- 2/26
- First Reading Economic Matters
- 3/17
- Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/9
- Favorable Report by Economic Matters
- 4/5
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 4/6
- Third Reading Passed (134-4)
- Sponsored by:
- Chairman, Finance Comm.
- Departmental
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- HEALTH INSURANCE -see also- HMO; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS.
- HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS -see also- MAN. CARE ORGS
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Health - General
- (
19-706
)
- Insurance
- (
15-829
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- Senate
- Number: 637366/1 (PDF) Offered on: February 23, 1999 at:
10:56 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- Senate
- February 25, 1999: Third Reading Passed (46-0)
- House
- April 6, 1999: Third Reading Passed (134-4)