CHAPTER NUMBER: 94
File Code: Insurance - Health
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 537
- Sponsored By:
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Delegates Kach, Boteler, Donoghue, Frank, Rudolph, V. Turner,
Weldon, Benson, Boutin, Bromwell,
Costa, Elliott, Goldwater, Hammen, Hubbard, Hurson, Mandel, McDonough,
Morhaim, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pendergrass, Rosenberg, and
Smigiel
- Entitled:
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Maryland Health Care Commission and Maryland
Insurance Administration - Affordability of Health Insurance in
Maryland - Study and Recommendations
Requiring the Maryland Health Care Commission and the Maryland
Insurance Administration to conduct specified studies; requiring the
Commission and the Administration to develop recommendations on ways
to make private health insurance more affordable for Maryland
residents; requiring the Commission and the Administration to submit
specified reports to the General Assembly by specified dates; etc.
House Action
- 2/9
- First Reading Health and Government Operations
- 2/11
- Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/23
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
- 3/24
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/25
- Third Reading Passed (138-0)
- 4/10
- Returned Passed
- 4/27
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 94
Senate Action
- 3/26
- First Reading Finance
- 3/30
- Hearing 4/7 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/12
- Favorable Report by Finance
- 4/10
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- Motion two readings same day Const/Rule 24 (Senator Teitelbaum) Adopted
- Third Reading Passed (45-0)
- Sponsored by:
- Delegate Wade Kach, District 5B
- Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24
- Delegate Joseph C. Boteler, III, District 8
- Delegate Charles R. Boutin, District 34A
- Delegate Eric M. Bromwell, District 8
- Delegate Robert A. Costa, District 33B
- Delegate John P. Donoghue, District 2C
- Delegate Donald B. Elliott, District 4B
- Delegate William J. Frank, District 42
- Delegate Marilyn R. Goldwater, District 16
- Delegate Peter A. Hammen, District 46
- Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23A
- Delegate John Adams 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 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
- DISCRIMINATION
- 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
- SMOKING -see also- CIGARETTES
- SUNSET
- TOBACCO
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- House
- Number: 536180/01 (PDF) Offered on: March 24, 2004 at:
11:25 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- House
- March 25, 2004: Third Reading Passed (138-0)
- Senate
- April 10, 2004: Third Reading Passed (45-0)