File Code: Insurance - Health
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 477
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Busch,
Hurson, Benson, Boutin, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Goldwater,
Hammen, Haynes, Hubbard, Mandel, McDonough, Morhaim, Murray,
Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pendergrass, Redmer, Rosenberg, Rudolph,
Smigiel, V. Turner, and Weldon
- Entitled:
-
Small Business Health Insurance Affordability Act
Specifying the manner in which small group health insurance benefits
must be offered to employers; lowering the rate cap for small group
health insurance benefits; requiring the Maryland Health Care
Commission, in consultation with the Maryland Insurance
Administration, to conduct an analysis of and make recommendations on
aspects of the administrative cost of health plans in the small group
market; etc.
House Action
- 11/20
- Pre-filed
- 1/8
- First Reading Health and Government Operations
- 2/5
- Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/10
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
- 3/11
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/13
- Third Reading Passed (139-0)
- 3/30
- House Refuses to Concur - Senate Amendments
- House Requests Senate Recede
- Conference Committee Appointed ...
- Delegates Hammen, Redmer, and Goldwater
Senate Action
- 3/14
- First Reading Finance
- Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/1
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
- 3/30
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/31
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (45-0)
- Sponsored by:
- Delegate Michael E. Busch, District 30
- Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24
- Delegate Charles R. Boutin, District 34A
- Delegate Eric Bromwell, District 8
- Delegate Bob A. Costa, District 33B
- Delegate John P. Donoghue, District 2C
- Delegate Donald B. Elliott, District 4B
- Delegate Marilyn R. Goldwater, District 16
- Delegate Peter A. Hammen, District 46
- Delegate Keith E. Haynes, District 44
- Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23A
- Delegate John A. Hurson, District 18
- Delegate Adrienne A. Mandel, District 19
- Delegate Pat McDonough, District 7
- Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11
- Delegate Gareth E. Murray, District 20
- Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10
- Delegate Nathaniel T. Oaks, District 41
- Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13
- Delegate Alfred W. Redmer, Jr., District 8
- Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg, District 41
- Delegate David D. Rudolph, District 34B
- Delegate Michael D. Smigiel, Sr., District 36
- Delegate Veronica Turner, District 26
- Delegate Richard B. Weldon, Jr., District 3B
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS -see also- POLITICAL COMMITTEES
- HEALTH -see also- MENTAL HEALTH
- HEALTH INSURANCE -see also- HMOS; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS
- HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS -see also- MAN CARE ORGS
- HEALTH PLANNING AND COST REVIEW
- INSURANCE ADMINISTRATION
- PRICES -see also- CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
- REPORTS
- SMALL BUSINESS
- WORK, LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT -see also- COL BARG; HOLIDAY; etc
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Insurance
- (
15-1204 ,
15-1207
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- House
- Number: 186584/01 (PDF) Offered on: March 11, 2003 at:
10:38 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Senate
- Number: 667370/01 (PDF) Offered on: April 1, 2003 at:
10:50 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- House
- March 13, 2003: Third Reading Passed (139-0)
- Senate
- March 31, 2003: Third Reading Passed (45-0)