CHAPTER NUMBER: 597
File Code: Insurance - Health
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 686
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Kach,
Rudolph, Barve, Benson, Boteler, Elliott,
Frank, Hammen, Hubbard, Kohl, Kullen, Mandel, McDonough, Morhaim,
Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pendergrass, V. Turner, and
Weldon
- Entitled:
-
Health Insurance - Carrier Provider Panels - Participation by
Providers
Requiring a health insurance carrier that uses a provider panel to
maintain specified standards if the carrier is an insurer, nonprofit
health service plan, or dental plan organization; requiring a health
insurance carrier that uses a provider panel to establish procedures
to verify with each provider on the carrier's provider panel at
specified times whether the provider is accepting new patients and to
update specified information on participating providers; etc.
House Action
- 2/9
- First Reading Health and Government Operations
- 2/15
- Hearing 3/2 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/24
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
- 3/22
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/24
- Third Reading Passed (138-0)
- 4/1
- Returned Passed
Senate Action
- 3/25
- First Reading Finance
- 3/28
- Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/3
- Favorable Report by Finance
- 3/30
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 4/1
- Third Reading Passed (47-0)
Action after passage in House and Senate
- 5/26
- Became Law without Governor's signature per Maryland Constitution - Chapter 597
Sponsored by:
- Delegate Eric M. Bromwell, District 8
- Delegate Kumar P. Barve, District 17
- Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24
- Delegate Joseph C. Boteler, III, 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 Peter A. Hammen, District 46
- Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23A
- Delegate Wade Kach, District 5B
- Delegate Sheryl Davis Kohl, District 34A
- 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:
- CONSUMER PROTECTION -see also- UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES
- ELECTRONIC COMMERCE -see also- ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER
- FEES -see also- DEVELOPMENT FEES AND TAXES
- HEALTH INSURANCE -see also- HMOS; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS
- HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS -see also- MAN CARE ORGS
- HEALTH OCCUPATIONS -see also- specific health occupations
- INSURANCE ADMINISTRATION
- PATIENTS
- PHYSICIANS -see also- DENTISTS; MED EXMNRS; PSYCH; etc
- PUBLIC INFORMATION
- REPORTS
- RULES AND REGULATIONS
- UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES
Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Insurance
- (
15-112 ,
15-112 ,
15-830
)
- 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: 476384/02 (PDF) Offered on: March 25, 2006 at:
12:07 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
- March 24, 2006: Third Reading Passed (138-0)
Senate
- April 1, 2006: Third Reading Passed (47-0)