CHAPTER NUMBER: 417
EMERGENCY BILL
File Code: Insurance - Health
- Sponsored By:
-
Chairman, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request
- Departmental - Insurance Administration, Maryland)
- Entitled:
-
Health Insurance - Prohibition Against Reunderwriting
Prohibiting health insurers, health maintenance organizations, and
nonprofit health service plans from reunderwriting individuals for
health coverage under individual contracts after the contracts have
been issued.
House Action
- 2/11
- First Reading Health and Government Operations
- 3/2
- Hearing 3/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/22
- Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 3/24
- Third Reading Passed (136-0)
- 4/5
- House Concur - Senate Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (135-0)
- Passed Enrolled
Senate Action
- 3/24
- First Reading Finance
- 3/28
- Hearing 4/1 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/4
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
- 4/3
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 4/4
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (46-0)
Action after passage in House and Senate
- 5/10
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 417
Sponsored by:
- Health & Government Operations Comm., Chairman
- Departmental
- Ins. Administration, MD
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- CONSUMER PROTECTION -see also- UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES
- CONTRACTS -see also- LAND INSTALLMENT CONTRACTS; PROCUREMENT
- HEALTH -see also- MENTAL HEALTH
- HEALTH INSURANCE -see also- HMOS; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS
- HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS -see also- MAN CARE ORGS
Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Health - General
- (
19-706
)
- Insurance
- (
27-221
)
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
Available
- Amendments (Displayed in WordPerfect 8 Format):
Senate
- Number: 657170/01 (PDF) Offered on: April 5, 2005 at:
12:16 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
- March 24, 2005: Third Reading Passed (136-0)
- April 5, 2005: Third Reading Passed (135-0)
Senate
- April 4, 2005: Third Reading Passed (46-0)