File Code: Insurance - Health
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 877  
- Sponsored By: 
 - 
Senators Exum, Currie, Lawlah, Astle, Della, Middleton, and
Teitelbaum
 
- Entitled: 
 - 
 Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Medical Loss
 Ratio and Quality of Care
 
Authorizing a managed care organization or a certified health
maintenance organization to appeal a specified decision of the
Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene under specified circumstances;
authorizing a managed care organization to take a specified appeal
under the Administrative Procedure Act under specified circumstances;
requiring the Secretary to adopt specified regulations prior to making
a specified adjustment to capitation payments; etc.
Senate Action
- 2/4
 - First Reading Finance
 - 2/16
 - Hearing 3/16 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 3/28
 
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
 -      Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed with Amendments
 - 3/29
 - Third Reading Passed (47-0)
 - 4/7
 - Senate Concur - House Amendments
 -      Third Reading Passed (47-0)
 -      Passed Enrolled
 
House Action
- 3/28
 - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
 - 4/4
 - Re-referred Health and Government Operations
 - 4/5
 - Hearing 4/7 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 4/8
 - Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations
 - 4/3
 - Favorable Report Adopted
 -      Floor Committee Amendment Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed with Amendments
 - 4/4
 - Third Reading Passed with Amendments (134-0)
 
Action after passage in Senate and House
- 5/26
 - Governor vetoed - Duplicative
 
Sponsored by:
- Senator Nathaniel Exum, District 24
 - Senator John C. Astle, District 30
 - Senator Ulysses Currie, District 25
 - Senator George W. Della, Jr., District 46
 - Senator Gloria Lawlah, District 26
 - Senator Thomas M. Middleton, District 28
 - Senator Leonard H. Teitelbaum, District 19
 
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- APPEALS -see also- JUDICIAL REVIEW
 - HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, DEPARTMENT OF
 - HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS -see also- MAN CARE ORGS
 - HEALTH PLANNING AND COST REVIEW
 - HEARINGS
 - INSURANCE ADMINISTRATION
 - MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS -see also- HEALTH MAINT ORGS
 - MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
 - NOTICES
 - PRICES -see also- CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
 - REPORTS
 - RULES AND REGULATIONS
 
Bill affects the following Statute:
-   Insurance
 - (
 15-605 
)
 
- 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: 477878/01 (PDF)     Offered on: March 28, 2005      at:
10:18 p.m.     Status: Adopted
 
House 
- Number: 836786/01 (PDF)     Offered on: April 8, 2005       at:
12:12 p.m.     Status: Adopted
 
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
 Senate
- March 29, 2005: Third Reading Passed  (47-0)
 - April 7, 2005: Third Reading Passed  (47-0)
 
House 
- April 4, 2005: Third Reading Passed  (134-0)