1999 Regular Session

INSURANCE -see also- HEALTH INSURANCE; MOTOR VEHICLE INS

Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 76

HB 4
Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 303
Sponsored By
Delegates Taylor, Busch, Arnick, Dewberry, Doory, Guns, Harrison, Hixson, Howard, Hurson, Kopp, Menes, Montague, Owings, Rawlings, Rosenberg, Vallario, Wood, W. Baker, Bozman, Bronrott, Brown, Cadden, Cryor, C. Davis, Edwards, Finifter, Franchot, Fulton, Giannetti, Healey, Hecht, A. Jones, V. Jones, Kagan, K. Kelly, Kirk, Krysiak, Love, Marriott, McIntosh, Mitchell, Nathan-Pulliam, Phillips, Rosso, Rudolph, Shriver, Slade, McKee, Conroy, Bartlett, Patterson, Eckardt, Conway, Schisler, Cane, Walkup, and McClenahan
Entitled
One Maryland Economic Development Program for Distressed Counties - Tax Credits
Committee
Assignments
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Budget and Taxation
HB 44
Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 201
Sponsored By
Chairman, Economic Matters Committee (Departmental - Insurance Administration, Maryland)
Entitled
Insurance - Rate Making - Residential Property Premium - Geographic Distribution Data
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
HB 55
Status as of March 22, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By
Delegate Rosenberg
Entitled
Income Tax - Subtraction Modification for Federal Insurance Contribution Act Tax and Federal Self-Employment Income Tax - Tobacco Tax
Committee
Assignments
House: Ways and Means
HB 75
Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 208
Sponsored By
Chairman, Ways and Means Committee (Departmental - Dept. Business & Economic Dev.)
Entitled
Job Creation Tax Credit - Extension
Committee
Assignments
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Budget and Taxation
HB 82
Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 209
Sponsored By
Delegates Leopold, Rosso, Arnick, Mohorovic, Minnick, McKee, Weir, Hubers, Cadden, and DeCarlo
Entitled
Job Creation Tax Credit - Priority Funding Area - Port Land Use Development Zone
Committee
Assignments
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Budget and Taxation
HB 131
Status as of February 23, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Leopold and Krysiak
Entitled
Real Property - Maryland Condominium Act - Unit Owner Liability
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
HB 138
Status as of March 2, 1999: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Economic Matters
Sponsored By
Chairman, Economic Matters Committee (Departmental - Insurance Administration, Maryland)
Entitled
Insurance - Property and Casualty - Refusal to Issue or Renew - Geographic Area
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
HB 177
Status as of April 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 117
Sponsored By
Delegates Goldwater and Mandel and Delegates Taylor, Hurson, Hixson, Busch, Rawlings, Kopp, Bronrott, Kagan, Love, Eckardt, Barve, Morhaim, Cadden, Rosenberg, Gordon, Finifter, Cryor, Barkley, Stern, Pitkin, Doory, Guns, Zirkin, Dembrow, Bartlett, Bozman, Carlson, Conroy, Greenip, Healey, Leopold, Rzepkowski, Shriver, Hutchins, Clagett, Burns, Heller, Dewberry, Baldwin, Boschert, Owings, Pendergrass, Snodgrass, Klausmeier, and D'Amato
Entitled
Holocaust Victims - Inheritance Tax and Income Tax - Insurance Policies
Committee
Assignments
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Budget and Taxation and Finance
HB 230
Status as of March 9, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By
Delegate Donoghue
Entitled
Mutual Insurance Holding Company Act
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
HB 244
Status as of March 26, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Doory and Vallario
Entitled
Civil Actions - Liability of Insurer for Damages, Costs, and Expenses
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
HB 273
Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed
Sponsored By
Delegate Donoghue
Entitled
Life Insurers - Reserve Investments
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
HB 297
Status as of March 1, 1999: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary
Sponsored By
Delegate Vallario
Entitled
Local Government Tort Claims Act - Notice Requirement
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
HB 332
Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 412
Sponsored By
Delegates Love and Cadden
Entitled
Insurance - Transfer of Business
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
HB 364
Status as of March 22, 1999: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Ways and Means
Sponsored By
Delegates Hixson and Hurson
Entitled
Tax Credits - New or Expanded Business Premises
Committee
Assignments
House: Ways and Means
HB 371
Status as of March 26, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By
Delegates Barve and Love
Entitled
Insurance - Premium Financing - Discrimination
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
HB 372
Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 628
Sponsored By
Delegates Barve and Love
Entitled
Motor Vehicle Rental Companies - Authority to Sell or Offer Insurance to Renters
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
HB 400
Status as of April 12, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By
Delegate Hurson
Entitled
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Stop Loss Reinsurance
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
HB 424
Status as of March 15, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Kach, Krysiak, Donoghue, and Love
Entitled
Insurance Rating Law - Exempt Commercial Policyholders
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
HB 425
Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed
Sponsored By
Delegate Krysiak
Entitled
Life Insurance and Annuities - Funding Pre-Need Contracts and Preneed Burial Contracts
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
HB 427
Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 634
Sponsored By
Delegate Krysiak
Entitled
Mortgage Lending - Private Mortgage Insurance
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
HB 479
Status as of March 2, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates R. Baker, Brown, Pitkin, Swain, Hill, and D. Davis
Entitled
Task Force to Study the Creation of an Insurance Industry Community Investment Fund
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
HB 486
Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed
Sponsored By
Delegates Barve, Gordon, and Kagan
Entitled
Charitable Gift Annuities - Issuance of Special Permits - Qualifications of Educational or Religious Organizations
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
HB 516
Status as of March 16, 1999: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Economic Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Love and Barve
Entitled
Insurance - Motor Vehicle Rental Companies - Regulation
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
HB 603
Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 434
Sponsored By
Delegates Vallario and Dembrow
Entitled
Civil Actions - Disclosure of Information and Service of Process
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
HB 632
Status as of March 25, 1999: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary
Sponsored By
Delegates Vallario and Dembrow
Entitled
Fair Disclosure Act of 1999
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
HB 634
Status as of March 25, 1999: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary
Sponsored By
Delegates Vallario and Dembrow
Entitled
Civil Actions - Substituted Service of Process
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
HB 636
Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 560
Sponsored By
Delegates Carlson, Barkley, Bozman, Bronrott, Conroy, Cryor, C. Davis, Finifter, Frush, Giannetti, Healey, Hixson, Hurson, Marriott, McHale, Moe, Morhaim, Patterson, Phillips, Rosso, Rudolph, Rzepkowski, Sher, Swain, Shriver, Turner, Stern, Bartlett, Greenip, Linton, McKee, Howard, and Zirkin
Entitled
Tax Credit for Cost of Providing Commuter Benefits to Employees
Committee
Assignments
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Budget and Taxation
HB 672
Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 441
Sponsored By
Delegates Rudolph, Pitkin, and Cane
Entitled
Cosmetologists - Practice Settings - Elderly, Homebound, and Other Confined Individuals
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
HB 729
Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 659
Sponsored By
Delegates McHale and Minnick
Entitled
Group Life Insurance
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
HB 755
Status as of March 30, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By
Delegate Krysiak
Entitled
Insurance Coverage - Notice of Consideration of Claims History
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
HB 779
Status as of April 12, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By
Delegate Redmer
Entitled
Workers' Compensation Insurance - Notice of Cancellation
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
HB 798
Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed
Sponsored By
Delegates McHale and Minnick
Entitled
Life Insurers - Investments
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
HB 833
Status as of March 23, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By
Delegate Elliott
Entitled
Unfair Claim Settlement Practices - Liability of Insurer for Costs and Damages
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
HB 843
Status as of March 23, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Barve, La Vay, Goldwater, Pendergrass, Kach, Love, and Eckardt
Entitled
Injured Workers' Insurance Fund - Regulation by Insurance Commissioner Under Insurance Article
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
HB 898
Status as of April 2, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By
Delegate Franchot
Entitled
Worker Retraining Tax Credit Act
Committee
Assignments
House: Ways and Means
HB 919
Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed
Sponsored By
Delegates Barve and Gordon
Entitled
Financial Guaranty Insurance - Risk Limits
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
HB 924
Status as of April 9, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By
Delegate Minnick
Entitled
Courts and Judicial Proceedings - Insurance Agreements - Disclosure
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
HB 939
Status as of March 22, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Delegate Grosfeld
Entitled
Medical Records - Disclosure to Health Care Provider's Insurer or Legal Counsel
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
HB 967
Status as of April 12, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Kach, Pendergrass, Pitkin, Krysiak, Brown, Minnick, Kirk, Walkup, and Love
Entitled
Maryland Home Builders Registration Act
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
HB 973
Status as of March 24, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Benson and Dobson
Entitled
Mortgage Brokers - Insurance Agents - Collection of a Finder's Fee
Committee
Assignments
House: Commerce and Government Matters
HB 990
Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 677
Sponsored By
Delegate Kach
Entitled
Insurance - Premium Finance Companies - Return of Premiums after Cancellation of Insurance Contract
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
HB 998
Status as of March 2, 1999: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Economic Matters
Sponsored By
Delegate Rosenberg
Entitled
Foreign Investments - Injured Workers' Insurance Fund
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
HB 1003
Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 475
Sponsored By
Delegates Mitchell and Eckardt
Entitled
Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning, and Refrigeration Contractors - Journeyman Restricted License
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
HB 1068
Status as of March 3, 1999: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Appropriations
Sponsored By
Delegates Bozman, Malone, Moe, Rudolph, W. Baker, Owings, Franchot, Cane, K. Kelly, Guns, Parrott, Slade, Wood, Stull, and Hecht
Entitled
Maryland Emergency Medical System Operations Fund - Funding for the Senator William H. Amoss Fire, Rescue, and Ambulance Fund
Committee
Assignments
House: Appropriations
HB 1082
Status as of March 27, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By
Delegate Heller (Chairman, Joint Committee on the Management of Public Funds)
Entitled
State Insurance Program - Maryland Tort Claims Act - State's Attorneys, Certain Local Board Members, and Certain Judges
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
HB 1086
Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 683
Sponsored By
Delegates Busch, Donoghue, Love, Mitchell, McHale, Eckardt, Goldwater, Barve, Krysiak, Harrison, Kirk, Hill, Brown, Moe, and Fulton
Entitled
Stop-Loss Insurance Policies
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
HB 1093
Status as of March 26, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By
Delegate McKee
Entitled
Insurance - Exemption from Regulation - Volunteer Fire Companies, Rescue Squads, and Ambulance Companies
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
HB 1107
Status as of March 23, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By
Delegate Flanagan
Entitled
Charitable Health Care Clinics - Volunteer Physicians - Medical Malpractice Insurance
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
HB 1148
Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 492
Sponsored By
Delegate Hixson (Montgomery County Administration) and Delegates Kopp, Goldwater, and Hurson
Entitled
Tax Credits - New or Expanded Business Premises
Committee
Assignments
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Budget and Taxation
HB 1179
Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 691
Sponsored By
Delegate Love
Entitled
Surplus Lines Insurance - Offers of Renewal
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
SB 27
Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 309
Sponsored By
Chairman, Finance Committee (Departmental - Labor, Licensing and Regulation)
Entitled
Unemployment Insurance - Self-Employment Assistance Program - Extension of Termination Date
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
SB 30
Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 310
Sponsored By
Chairman, Finance Committee (Departmental - Insurance Administration, Maryland)
Entitled
Insurance - Nonresident Agents and Brokers - Continuing Education and Uniform Licensing Forms
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
SB 31
Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 135
Sponsored By
Chairman, Finance Committee (Departmental - Insurance Administration, Maryland)
Entitled
Insurance - Agents and Brokers - Certificate of Qualification Requirements
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
SB 64
Status as of April 12, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By
Chairman, Economic and Environmental Affairs Committee (Departmental - Labor, Licensing and Regulation)
Entitled
Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning, and Refrigeration Contractors
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
House: Economic Matters
SB 189
Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 529
Sponsored By
Senator Bromwell
Entitled
Life Insurers - Reserve Investments
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
SB 222
Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed
Sponsored By
Senator Astle
Entitled
Mortgage Lending - Private Mortgage Insurance
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
SB 229
Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed
Sponsored By
Senators Roesser, Bromwell, Colburn, Collins, Conway, Dorman, Dyson, Ferguson, Hoffman, Hollinger, Jacobs, Kelley, Lawlah, Middleton, Sfikas, Teitelbaum, Currie, DeGrange, Hogan, Kasemeyer, McFadden, Munson, Neall, Ruben, Stoltzfus, and Van Hollen
Entitled
Holocaust Victims - Inheritance Tax and Income Tax - Insurance Policies
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Budget and Taxation
House: Ways and Means
SB 266
Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 333
Sponsored By
Senators Ruben and Forehand
Entitled
Charitable Gift Annuities - Issuance of Special Permits - Qualifications of Educational or Religious Organizations
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
SB 347
Status as of March 25, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Finance
Sponsored By
Senators Dorman and Astle
Entitled
Mortgage Brokers - Insurance Agents - Collection of a Finder's Fee
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
SB 349
Status as of April 9, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By
Senators Dorman and Hafer
Entitled
Insurance Rating Law - Exempt Commercial Policyholders
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
SB 370
Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 557
Sponsored By
Senators Kelley, Teitelbaum, Exum, Astle, Hooper, and Della
Entitled
Insurance - Premium Financing - Discrimination
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
SB 390
Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 559
Sponsored By
Senators Ruben, Lawlah, Currie, Dorman, Van Hollen, Forehand, Teitelbaum, and Middleton
Entitled
Tax Credit for Cost of Providing Commuter Benefits to Employees
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Budget and Taxation
House: Ways and Means
SB 421
Status as of March 30, 1999: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By
Senators Hafer, Stoltzfus, Blount, Colburn, and Sfikas
Entitled
One Maryland Economic Development Program for Distressed Counties - Tax Credits
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Budget and Taxation
House: Ways and Means
SB 461
Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed
Sponsored By
Senator Della
Entitled
Group Life Insurance
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
SB 483
Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 569
Sponsored By
Senators Della, Roesser, and Dorman
Entitled
Life Insurers - Investments
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
SB 511
Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 629
Sponsored By
Senator Astle
Entitled
Motor Vehicle Rental Companies - Authority to Sell or Offer Insurance to Renters
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
SB 518
Status as of March 29, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By
Senator Astle
Entitled
Mutual Insurance Holding Company Act
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
SB 523
Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 366
Sponsored By
Senator Conway
Entitled
Automobile Liability Insurance and Homeowner's Insurance - Prohibited Terminations and Refusals
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
SB 575
Status as of February 9, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By
Senators Kelley, Blount, Collins, Conway, Astle, and Della
Entitled
Maryland Home Builders Registration Act
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
SB 578
Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 578
Sponsored By
Senator Kelley
Entitled
Life Insurance and Annuities - Funding Pre-Need Contracts and Preneed Burial Contracts
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
SB 679
Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 592
Sponsored By
Senator Teitelbaum
Entitled
Financial Guaranty Insurance - Risk Limits
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
SB 690
Status as of March 25, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By
Senator Hooper
Entitled
Insurance - Misrepresentations in Applications - Rescission
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
SB 691
Status as of March 25, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By
Senator Hooper
Entitled
Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance - Protest by Insured of Proposed Action of Insurer
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
SB 717
Status as of April 12, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By
Senator Currie (Chairman, Joint Committee on the Management of Public Funds) and Senators Forehand, McFadden, and Haines
Entitled
State Insurance Program - Maryland Tort Claims Act - State's Attorneys, Certain Local Board Members, and Certain Judges
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
SB 779
Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 510
Sponsored By
Senator Ruben (Montgomery County Administration)
Entitled
Tax Credits - New or Expanded Business Premises
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Budget and Taxation
House: Ways and Means
SB 791
Status as of April 12, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By
Senators Stone and Astle
Entitled
Life Insurance - Lapse of Policy
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters