CHAPTER NUMBER: 461
File Code: Health Maintenance Organizations
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 687
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Goldwater, Hammen, Boutin, Bromwell, Bronrott,
Eckardt, Elliott, Frush, Harrison, Krysiak, Lee, Love, Mandel, McHale,
McIntosh, Mitchell, Morhaim, Oaks, Owings, Pendergrass, Rzepkowski,
Sophocleus, Stull, Wood, Benson,
Costa, Donoghue, Haynes, Hubbard, Hurson, Kach, McDonough, Murray,
Nathan-Pulliam, Redmer, Rosenberg, Rudolph, Smigiel, V. Turner, and
Weldon
- Entitled:
-
Health Maintenance Organizations - Patient Access to Choice of
Provider
Requiring health maintenance organizations to allow for the
designation by a member of a certified nurse practitioner as a primary
care provider in specified circumstances; requiring that members who
select a certified nurse practitioner be provided with the name and
contact information of the certified nurse practitioner's
collaborating physician; providing that health maintenance
organizations are not required to include certified nurse
practitioners on a specified provider panel; etc.
House Action
- 2/14
- First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
- 2/27
- Re-referred Health and Government Operations
- 3/5
- Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/14
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
- 3/17
- Favorable with Amendments
- Special Order 3/18 (Delegate Hurson) Adopted
- 3/18
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/19
- Third Reading Passed (137-1)
- 3/30
- Returned Passed
- 5/22
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 461
Senate Action
- 3/20
- First Reading Finance
- 3/21
- Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/1
- Favorable Report by Finance
- 3/30
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 3/31
- Third Reading Passed (45-0)
- Sponsored by:
- Delegate Marilyn R. Goldwater, District 16
- Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24
- Delegate Charles R. Boutin, District 34A
- Delegate Eric Bromwell, District 8
- Delegate William A. Bronrott, District 16
- Delegate Bob A. Costa, District 33B
- Delegate John P. Donoghue, District 2C
- Delegate Adelaide C. Eckardt, District 37B
- Delegate Donald B. Elliott, District 4B
- Delegate Barbara Frush, District 21
- Delegate Peter A. Hammen, District 46
- Delegate Hattie N. Harrison, District 45
- Delegate Keith E. Haynes, District 44
- Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23A
- Delegate John A. Hurson, District 18
- Delegate Wade Kach, District 5B
- Delegate Carolyn J. Krysiak, District 46
- Delegate Susan C. Lee, District 16
- Delegate Mary Ann E. Love, District 32
- Delegate Adrienne A. Mandel, District 19
- Delegate Pat McDonough, District 7
- Delegate Brian K. McHale, District 46
- Delegate Maggie McIntosh, District 43
- Delegate Van T. Mitchell, District 28
- 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 George W. Owings, III, District 27B
- 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 James E. Rzepkowski, District 32
- Delegate Michael D. Smigiel, Sr., District 36
- Delegate Theodore Sophocleus, District 32
- Delegate Paul S. Stull, District 4A
- Delegate Veronica Turner, District 26
- Delegate Richard B. Weldon, Jr., District 3B
- Delegate John F. Wood, Jr., District 29A
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS -see also- MAN CARE ORGS
- HEALTH OCCUPATIONS -see also- specific health occupations
- NURSES
- PHYSICIANS -see also- DENTISTS; MED EXMNRS; PSYCH; etc
- Bill affects the following Statute:
- Health - General
- (
19-705.1
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- House
- Number: 446384/01 (PDF) Offered on: March 18, 2003 at:
11:56 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- House
- March 19, 2003: Third Reading Passed (137-1)
- Senate
- March 31, 2003: Third Reading Passed (45-0)