CHAPTER NUMBER: 345
EMERGENCY BILL
File Code: Insurance - Health
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 283
- Sponsored By:
-
Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request -
Departmental - Insurance Administration, Maryland) and
Delegates Barve, Benson, Boteler, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott,
Frank, Goldwater, Kach, Kohl, Kullen, Mandel, McDonough, Morhaim,
Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pendergrass, Rudolph, V. Turner, and
Weldon
- Entitled:
-
Maryland Health Insurance Plan - Senior Prescription Drug Assistance
Program
Prohibiting the subsidy required under the Senior Prescription Drug
Assistance Program from exceeding a specified amount in specified
fiscal years; clarifying the purpose of the Senior Prescription Drug
Assistance Program; altering the payments to be made for specified
enrollees by the Program; requiring the Board of Directors of the
Maryland Health Insurance Plan to make specified determinations about
the Program annually; etc.
House Action
- 2/6
- First Reading Health and Government Operations
- 2/8
- Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 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 (141-0)
- 3/22
- Returned Passed
Senate Action
- 3/6
- First Reading Finance
- 3/10
- Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/21
- Favorable Report by Finance
- 3/22
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 3/24
- Third Reading Passed (47-0)
Action after passage in House and Senate
- 5/2
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 345
Sponsored by:
- Health & Government Operations Comm., Chairman
- Delegate Kumar P. Barve, District 17
- Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24
- Delegate Joseph C. Boteler, III, District 8
- Delegate Eric M. Bromwell, District 8
- Delegate Robert A. Costa, District 33B
- Departmental
- Ins. Administration, MD
- Delegate John P. Donoghue, District 2C
- Delegate Donald B. Elliott, District 4B
- Delegate William J. Frank, District 42
- Delegate Marilyn R. Goldwater, District 16
- 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:
- ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCIES -see also- ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT
- COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS -see also- POLITICAL COMMITTEES
- DRUGS -see also- CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUB; SUBSTANCE ABUSE
- ELDERLY PERSONS
- GENERAL ASSEMBLY -see also- AELR CMTE; LEG POLICY COMMITTEE.
- HEALTH INSURANCE -see also- HMOS; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS
- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
- REPORTS
- SUNSET
Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Insurance
- (
14-106 ,
14-511 ,
14-512
)
- 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: 326486/01 (PDF) Offered on: March 1, 2006 at:
10:45 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
- March 3, 2006: Third Reading Passed (141-0)
Senate
- March 24, 2006: Third Reading Passed (47-0)