2000 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 649

CHAPTER NUMBER: 400 File Code: Insurance - Health Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 801
Sponsored By:
Delegates Donoghue, Redmer, Ports, Cane, J. Kelly, Klausmeier, Eckardt, McClenahan, Kach, Wood, and Mitchell
Entitled:
Health Insurance - Small Group Market - Eligibility Requirements

Synopsis:

Altering criteria for determining when a person is considered a small employer for purposes of small group market health insurance; altering criteria for determining when an employee is considered to be an eligible employee; altering minimum participation requirements; requiring the Maryland Health Care Commission to submit a report to the House Economic Matters and the Senate Finance Committees on the effect of group size in the small group insurance market on specified delivery systems of each prominent carrier in the market; etc.

History by Legislative Date

House Action
2/10
First Reading Economic Matters
Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m.
3/22
Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
3/25
Third Reading Passed (138-0)
4/2
House Refuses to Concur - Senate Amendments
House Requests Senate Recede
Conference Committee Appointed ...
Delegates McHale, Kach, and Goldwater
4/7
Conference Committee Report Adopted
Third Reading Passed (137-0)
Passed Enrolled
5/11
Signed by the Governor Chapter 400
Senate Action
3/27
First Reading Finance
3/28
Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
4/3
Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
4/2
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
4/3
Third Reading Passed with Amendments (45-0)
4/5
Senate Refuses to Recede
Conference Committee Appointed ...
Senators Dorman, DeGrange, and Hooper
4/7
Conference Committee Report Adopted
Third Reading Passed (45-0)
Sponsored by:
Delegate John P. Donoghue, District 2C
Delegate Rudolph C. Cane, District 37A
Delegate Adelaide C. Eckardt, District 37B
Delegate Wade Kach, District 9A
Delegate James M. Kelly, District 9B
Delegate Katherine Klausmeier, District 8
Delegate Charles A. McClenahan, District 38
Delegate Van T. Mitchell, District 28
Delegate James F. Ports, Jr., District 8
Delegate Alfred W. Redmer, Jr., District 8
Delegate John F. Wood, Jr., District 29A
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS -see also- POLITICAL COMMITTEES
HEALTH INSURANCE -see also- HMOS; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS
HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS -see also- MAN CARE ORGS
HEALTH PLANNING AND COST REVIEW
REPORTS
SMALL BUSINESS
WORK, LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT -see also- COL BARG; HOLIDAY; etc
Bill affects the following Statutes:
Insurance
( 15-1201 , 15-1203 , 15-1206 , 15-1207 , 15-1208 , 15-1210 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled (PDF)
Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)
Amendments:
House
Number: 353790/1 (PDF)     Offered on: March 22, 2000   at: 10:50 a.m.     Status: Adopted
Senate
Number: 237776/1 (PDF)     Offered on: April 3, 2000   at: 10:33 p.m.     Status: Adopted
Conference Committee Documents::
Report Number: 313124/1 (PDF)     Offered on: April 10, 2000   at: 3:06 p.m.     Status: Adopted
Amendment Number: 483224/1 (PDF)     Offered on: April 10, 2000   at: 2:42 p.m.     Status: Adopted
Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
March 25, 2000: Third Reading Passed (138-0)
April 7, 2000: Third Reading Passed (137-0)
Senate
April 3, 2000: Third Reading Passed (45-0)
April 7, 2000: Third Reading Passed (45-0)