CHAPTER NUMBER: 282
File Code: Insurance - Health
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Hammen,
Elliott, Eckardt, Benson, Boteler, Boutin, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue,
Frank, Goldwater, Hubbard, Hurson, Kach, Kullen, Mandel, McDonough,
Morhaim, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pendergrass, Rudolph, V.
Turner, and Weldon
- Entitled:
-
Maryland Pharmacy Programs - Modifications and Subsidies for
Medicare Drug Benefits
Renaming the Senior Prescription Drug Program to be the Senior
Prescription Drug Assistance Program; altering the eligibility
requirements for and purpose of the Program; requiring the Program to
provide a State subsidy for a portion of the cost of Medicare Part D
or Medicare Advantage Plan premiums and deductibles; etc.
House Action
- 1/27
- First Reading Health and Government Operations
- 2/2
- Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.
- 2/3
- Hearing cancelled
- 2/9
- Hearing 2/16 at 2:30 p.m.
- 2/28
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
- 3/1
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/3
- Third Reading Passed (134-0)
- 4/8
- Returned Passed
Senate Action
- 3/4
- First Reading Finance
- 3/23
- Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/9
- Favorable Report by Finance
- 4/7
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 4/8
- Third Reading Passed (47-0)
Action after passage in House and Senate
- 5/10
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 282
Sponsored by:
- Delegate Peter A. Hammen, District 46
- 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 Adelaide C. Eckardt, District 37B
- Delegate Donald B. Elliott, District 4B
- Delegate William J. Frank, District 42
- Delegate Marilyn R. Goldwater, District 16
- Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23A
- Delegate John Adams Hurson, District 18
- Delegate Wade Kach, District 5B
- Delegate Sue Kullen, District 27B
- 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 David D. Rudolph, District 34B
- 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
- DRUGS -see also- CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUB; SUBSTANCE ABUSE
- ELDERLY PERSONS
- HEALTH INSURANCE -see also- HMOS; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS
- HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, DEPARTMENT OF
- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
- NOTICES
- PRICES -see also- CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
- STATE AID
- SUNSET
Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Health - General
- (
15-103 ,
15-124 ,
15-124.1 ,
15-124.3
)
- Insurance
- (
14-106 ,
14-504 ,
14-504 ,
14-510 ,
14-511 ,
14-512 ,
14-513 ,
14-514 ,
14-515
)
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
Available
- Amendments (Displayed in WordPerfect 8 Format):
House
- Number: 306284/01 (PDF) Offered on: March 1, 2005 at:
10:37 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
- March 3, 2005: Third Reading Passed (134-0)
Senate
- April 8, 2005: Third Reading Passed (47-0)