BILL INFO-2005 Regular Session-HB 1284

2005 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 1284

File Code: Private Sector Labor and Industry Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 790

Sponsored By:: Delegates Healey, Barkley, Benson, Bobo, Boschert, Bronrott, Cane, Carter, G. Clagett, V. Clagett, Conroy, Cryor, C. Davis, Donoghue, Doory, Dumais, Feldman, Franchot, Frush, Gaines, Gilleland, Goldwater, Goodwin, Gutierrez, Haynes, Heller, Hixson, Holmes, Hubbard, Kaiser, Kelley, King, Kirk, Krysiak, Lee, Love, Madaleno, Malone, Mandel, Marriott, McHale, McIntosh, Menes, Moe, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Oaks, Paige, Parker, Patterson, Pendergrass, Quinter, Ramirez, Rosenberg, Ross, Rudolph, Taylor, V. Turner, Vaughn, Hurson, and Kullen

Entitled:: Fair Share Health Care Fund Act

Establishing the Fair Share Health Care Fund; establishing the purpose of the Fund; providing that the Fund consists of specified payments made by employers in connection with a specified health care payroll assessment; providing that the Fund is a special, nonlapsing fund; requiring the State Treasurer to hold the Fund and the Comptroller to account for the Fund; requiring that investment earnings of the Fund be retained in the Fund; requiring the interest on and other income from the Fund be separately accounted for; etc.

History by Legislative Date

House Action

2/11: First Reading Health and Government Operations
2/23: Hearing 3/8 at 1:00 p.m.
3/22: Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations; Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted; Special Order 3/24 (Delegate Arnick) Adopted
3/23: Special Order after Third Reading calendar (Delegate O'Donnell) Adopted; Floor Amendment (Delegate O'Donnell) Rejected (48-80); Floor Amendment (Delegate McMillan); Motion vote previous question (Delegate Moe) Adopted; Floor Amendment (Delegate McMillan) Rejected; Floor Amendment (Delegate McMillan); Motion vote previous question (Delegate McHale) Adopted; Floor Amendment (Delegate McMillan) Rejected (39-90); Second Reading Passed with Amendments
3/24: Third Reading Passed (84-50)
4/8: House Concur - Senate Amendments; Third Reading Passed (84-50); Passed Enrolled

Senate Action

3/28: First Reading Finance & Budget and Taxation
3/29: Hearing 4/6 at 1:00 p.m.
4/8: Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
4/5: Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted; Second Reading Passed with Amendments
4/7: Floor Amendment (Senator Stoltzfus); Special Order until evening session (Senator Stoltzfus) Adopted; Floor Amendment (Senator Stoltzfus) Rejected (18-28); Floor Amendment (Senator Stoltzfus) Rejected (20-27); Third Reading Passed with Amendments (30-17)

Action after passage in House and Senate

5/19: Governor vetoed - Policy
1/11/2006: House - Motion Special Order until 1/12 (Delegate Barve) Adopted
1/12/2006: House - Motion override the Governors veto; House - Veto overridden (88-50)
1/13/2006: Senate - Motion Special Order until 1/17 (Senator McFadden) Adopted
1/17/2006: Senate - Motion override the Governors veto; Senate - Veto overridden (30-17); Became law per Maryland Constitution, Ch 3 of 2006 Session

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

HEALTH -see also- MENTAL HEALTH

HEALTH INSURANCE -see also- HMOS; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS

LABOR, LICENSING, AND REGULATION, DEPARTMENT OF

MEDICAL ASSISTANCE

NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS

PENALTIES

REPORTS

REVENUE AND TAXES -see also- DEV FEES & TAXES; specific tax.

RULES AND REGULATIONS

WORK, LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT -see also- COL BARG; HOLIDAY; etc

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Health - General

( 15-142 )

Labor and Employment

( 8.5-101 , 8.5-102 , 8.5-103 , 8.5-104 , 8.5-105 , 8.5-106 , 8.5-107 )

Documents:

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: 173129/01 (PDF) Offered on: March 24, 2005 at: 2:34 p.m. Status: Rejected Number: 283421/01 (PDF) Offered on: March 24, 2005 at: 2:28 p.m. Status: Rejected Number: 316688/01 (PDF) Offered on: March 23, 2005 at: 10:23 a.m. Status: Adopted Number: 963425/01 (PDF) Offered on: March 24, 2005 at: 2:39 p.m. Status: Rejected Senate Number: 013226/01 (PDF) Offered on: April 9, 2005 at: 5:37 p.m. Status: Rejected Number: 073223/01 (PDF) Offered on: April 9, 2005 at: 2:03 p.m. Status: Rejected Number: 477272/01 (PDF) Offered on: April 8, 2005 at: 1:12 p.m. Status: Adopted
Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown): House March 23, 2005: Floor Amendment (ODonnell) {283421/1 Rejected (48-80) March 23, 2005: Floor Amendment (McMillan) Rejected (39-90) March 24, 2005: Third Reading Passed (84-50) April 8, 2005: Third Reading Passed (84-50) Senate April 7, 2005: Floor Amendment (Stoltzfus) {073223/1 Rejected (18-28) April 7, 2005: Floor Amendment (Stoltzfus) {013226/1 Rejected (20-27) April 7, 2005: Third Reading Passed (30-17)