File Code: Public Health
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 638
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Cane, Bozman, Finifter, Hubbard, Klausmeier, Krysiak,
and Morhaim
- Entitled:
-
Medical Assistance and Children's Health Programs - Care of Newborns
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, subject to
budget limitations, to develop specified newborn care programs under
the Medical Assistance and Children's Health Programs; requiring the
Department to permit the self-referral of specified newborns for
primary care under these Programs for up to 60 days or until the
occurrence of specified events; requiring specified managed care
organizations of the mother to provide coverage of specified newborn
care at a specified fee for up to 60 days; etc.
House Action
- 2/9
- First Reading Environmental Matters
- 2/14
- Hearing 3/1 at 1:00 p.m.
Senate Action
- No Action
- Sponsored by:
- Delegate Rudolph C. Cane, District 37A
- Delegate K. Bennett Bozman, District 38
- Delegate Michael J. Finifter, District 11
- Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23
- Delegate Katherine Klausmeier, District 8
- Delegate Carolyn J. Krysiak, District 46
- Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- HEALTH -see also- MENTAL HEALTH
- HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, DEPARTMENT OF
- MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS -see also- HEALTH MAINT ORGS
- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
- MINORS -see also- AGE OF MAJORITY; YOUTH
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Health - General
- (
15-102.1 ,
15-103 ,
15-303.1
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
None offered