2000 Regular Session

SENATE BILL 359

File Code: Public Health Prior Year Introduction As: SB 486/99 - FIN Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 950
Sponsored By:
Senators Exum, Bromwell, DeGrange, Della, Dorman, Hooper, and Teitelbaum
Entitled:
Medical Assistance - Program Recipients - Continuity of Care

Synopsis:

Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to establish specified mechanisms for identifying the primary care provider of a recipient of medical assistance and maintaining continuity of care with that provider; requiring a managed care organization, under specified circumstances, to assign a recipient of medical assistance to a particular primary care provider and to honor a request to change primary care providers; allowing a recipient to disenroll from a managed care organization under specified circumstances; etc.

History by Legislative Date

Senate Action
2/2
First Reading Finance
Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
3/6
Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
3/7
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
3/9
Third Reading Passed (44-0)
4/3
Senate Refuses to Concur - House Amendments
Senate Requests House Recede
Conference Committee Appointed ...
Senators Exum, Dorman, and DeGrange
4/7
Conference Committee Report Adopted
Third Reading Passed (45-0)
Passed Enrolled
5/19
Governor vetoed - Cross-filed bill was signed
House Action
3/10
First Reading Environmental Matters
3/23
Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
3/31
Favorable with Amendments Report by Environmental Matters
3/29
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
3/30
Third Reading Passed with Amendments (137-0)
4/1
House Refuses to Recede
Conference Committee Appointed ...
Delegates D. Davis, Sher, and Boutin
4/7
Conference Committee Report Adopted
Third Reading Passed (123-0)
Sponsored by:
Senator Nathaniel Exum, District 24
Senator Thomas L. Bromwell, District 8
Senator James E. DeGrange, Sr., District 32
Senator George W. Della, Jr., District 47
Senator Arthur Dorman, District 21
Senator J. Robert Hooper, District 35
Senator Leonard H. Teitelbaum, District 19
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH OCCUPATIONS -see also specific health occupations-
MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS -see also- HEALTH MAINT ORGS
MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
NOTICES
PATIENTS
PHYSICIANS -see also- DENTISTS; MED EXMNRS; PSYCH; etc
Bill affects the following Statutes:
Health - General
( 15-102.5 , 15-103 , 15-103 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled (PDF)
Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)
Amendments:
Senate
Number: 457679/1 (PDF)     Offered on: March 7, 2000   at: 10:54 a.m.     Status: Adopted
House
Number: 690712/1 (PDF)     Offered on: March 31, 2000   at: 11:39 a.m.     Status: Adopted
Conference Committee Documents::
Report Number: 183425/1 (PDF)     Offered on: April 10, 2000   at: 4:34 p.m.     Status: Adopted
Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
Senate
March 9, 2000: Third Reading Passed (44-0)
April 7, 2000: Third Reading Passed (45-0)
House
March 30, 2000: Third Reading Passed (137-0)
April 7, 2000: Third Reading Passed (123-0)