File Code: Public Health
Prior Year Introduction As: HB 1247/01 - APP
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 833
- Sponsored By:
-
Senators Kasemeyer,
Astle, Bromwell, DeGrange, Della, Dorman, Exum, Hafer, Hollinger,
Kelley, and Teitelbaum
- Entitled:
-
Insurance
Premiums Tax - Health Maintenance Organizations - Funding of Public
Mental Health System Services
Imposing the insurance premiums tax on HMOs; requiring specified tax
revenue to be distributed annually to the Maryland Public Health
System Fund; specifying the purposes and uses of the Fund and that the
Fund is a special, nonlapsing Fund; requiring that beginning in fiscal
year 2004, the fees paid by the Department of Health and Mental
Hygiene to a community mental health services provider for providing
specified services be adjusted annually by a rate of change not to
exceed 5%; etc.
Senate Action
- 10/3
- Pre-filed
- 1/9
- First Reading Finance
- 1/11
- Hearing 1/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- 1/21
- Hearing cancelled
- Re-referred Finance & Budget and Taxation
- 1/22
- Hearing 1/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/20
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
- 3/21
- Favorable with Amendments
- Laid Over (Senator Mooney) Adopted
- 3/22
- Favorable with Amendments
- Committee Amendment (#1, 2, 4) Adopted
- Committee Amendment (#3) Adopted (36-9)
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/25
- Third Reading Passed (38-8)
House Action
- 3/25
- First Reading Environmental Matters
- 3/28
- Re-assigned Ways and Means
- 3/29
- Hearing 4/2 at 1:00 p.m.
- Sponsored by:
- Senator Edward J. Kasemeyer, District 12
- Senator John C. Astle, District 30
- 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 Nathaniel Exum, District 24
- Senator John J. Hafer, District 1
- Senator Paula C. Hollinger, District 11
- Senator Delores G. Kelley, District 10
- Senator Leonard H. Teitelbaum, District 19
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
- FEES -see also- DEVELOPMENT FEES AND TAXES
- HEALTH INSURANCE -see also- HMOS; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS
- HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, DEPARTMENT OF
- HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS -see also- MAN CARE ORGS
- HEALTH OCCUPATIONS -see also- specific health occupations
- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
- MENTAL HEALTH
- PHYSICIANS -see also- DENTISTS; MED EXMNRS; PSYCH; etc
- REVENUE AND TAXES -see also- DEV FEES & TAXES; specific tax.
- SUNSET
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Health - General
- (
16-201.2 ,
19-727
)
- Insurance
- (
6-101 ,
6-102 ,
6-102 ,
6-103 ,
6-103.2 ,
6-103.3 ,
6-104
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- Senate
- Number: 797879/1 (PDF) Offered on: March 22, 2002 at:
11:26 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- Senate
- March 22, 2002: Committee Amendment (#3) Adopted (36-9)
- March 25, 2002: Third Reading Passed (38-8)