2007 Regular Session
Health Maintenance Organizations -see also- Manage Care Orgs
Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 54
HB 132
Status as of February 7, 2007: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Busch, Haynes, Howard, Hubbard, Hucker, Kaiser, Kullen, McIntosh, Morhaim, Rosenberg, and F. Turner
- Entitled
- Maryland Health Care Access Act of 2007
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Barnes, Busch, Haynes, and Morhaim
- Entitled
- Task Force on Health Care Access and Reimbursement
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Morhaim
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Prohibited Discrimination and Rebates - Incentives for Participation in Wellness Programs and Other Exceptions
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
HB 330
Status as of February 1, 2007: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Donoghue
- Entitled
- Health Maintenance Organizations - Reimbursement Rates of Noncontracting Providers
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 336
Status as of March 23, 2007: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Ali, Benson, Bobo, Bronrott, Gaines, Gutierrez, Hucker, Kirk, Lee, McIntosh, Mizeur, Montgomery, Oaks, Stukes, Taylor, and Vaughn
- Entitled
- Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Maryland Children's Health Program - Eligibility
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Costa, Boteler, Bromwell, Impallaria, Kach, Kaiser, J. King, Kipke, McDonough, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Weldon, Beitzel, Benson, Donoghue, Elliott, Hammen, Hubbard, Kullen, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Pendergrass, Riley, and Tarrant
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Small Group Market - Health Benefit Plans - Rates
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
HB 400
Status as of February 7, 2007: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Montgomery, Ali, Barkley, Benson, Bobo, Cane, V. Clagett, Doory, Frush, Goldwater, Gutierrez, Hecht, Hucker, Kaiser, Lawton, Lee, Manno, McIntosh, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Rice, Taylor, and Waldstreicher
- Entitled
- Maryland Universal Health Care Plan
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 477
Status as of March 20, 2007: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Costa
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Small Group Market - Limited Health Benefit Plan - Modifications
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Bromwell
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Credentialing Intermediaries and Uniform Credentialing Form
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Bromwell, Cardin, DeBoy, Donoghue, Hubbard, Malone, Oaks, and Schuler
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Carrier Provider Panels - Nonphysician Specialists
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Tarrant, Bromwell, Harrison, Hucker, Jones, Kirk, Lawton, Mathias, Rice, Riley, Walker, Hammen, Benson, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Hubbard, Kach, Kipke, Kullen, McDonough, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pendergrass, V. Turner, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Authorization of Additional Products and Small Group Administrative Discounts and Study
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegate McKee
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Coverage for Returning Veterans - Limiting Age for Students
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 734
Status as of February 21, 2007: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Rudolph and Elliott
- Entitled
- Pharmacy Benefits Managers Regulation Act
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 735
Status as of February 14, 2007: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Hubbard, Boteler, Bromwell, DeBoy, Elliott, Haddaway, Holmes, Hucker, Kullen, Malone, Mathias, McDonough, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Rudolph, and Tarrant
- Entitled
- State Board of Massage Therapy Examiners - Licensure, Registration, and Regulation
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Hammen, Ali, Anderson, Barkley, Barnes, Barve, Beidle, Benson, Bobo, Branch, Braveboy, Bronrott, Cane, Cardin, Carter, G. Clagett, V. Clagett, Conway, Davis, Donoghue, Doory, Dumais, Elmore, Feldman, Frush, Gaines, Gilchrist, Glenn, Goldwater, Griffith, Gutierrez, Guzzone, Harrison, Haynes, Healey, Hecht, Heller, Hixson, Holmes, Howard, Hubbard, Hucker, Ivey, Jones, Kaiser, N. King, Kirk, Kramer, Krysiak, Kullen, Lafferty, Lawton, Levi, Love, Manno, McHale, McIntosh, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Proctor, Ramirez, Rice, Robinson, Rosenberg, Ross, Simmons, Stein, Stukes, Tarrant, Taylor, F. Turner, Vallario, Vaughn, Waldstreicher, Walker, Weir, Lee, Valderrama, and V. Turner
- Entitled
- Children and Working Families Health Care Act of 2007
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations and Ways and Means
Senate: Finance and Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Benson, Cane, Conaway, Gaines, Glenn, Gutierrez, Kipke, Lee, Montgomery, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, and Tarrant
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Collection of Racial and Ethnic Data - Nondiscrimination
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Bromwell
- Entitled
- Discount Medical Plan Organizations and Discount Drug Plan Organizations - Registration and Regulation
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
HB 848
Status as of March 23, 2007: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Bromwell
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Clean Claims
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Kach, Kipke, Kullen, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Riley, Hammen, Benson, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Hubbard, McDonough, Mizeur, Montgomery, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Tarrant, V. Turner, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Health Care Providers - Reimbursement and Charges
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Taylor, Gutierrez, Kaiser, N. King, Manno, Montgomery, Oaks, Rice, Vaughn, Hammen, Beitzel, Benson, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Hubbard, Kach, Kipke, Kullen, McDonough, Mizeur, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, V. Turner, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Prescription Drugs and Devices - Copayment or Coinsurance
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
HB 1052
Status as of March 24, 2007: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Mizeur, Beidle, Benson, Bromwell, Hixson, Hubbard, Ivey, N. King, Pena-Melnyk, and Tarrant
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Young Adult Coverage Expansion Act
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 1054
Status as of February 23, 2007: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Kach
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Provider Contracts - Conditions of Participation with Carriers
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Mizeur, Hammen, Benson, Bromwell, Costa, Elliott, Hubbard, Kach, Kipke, Kullen, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Riley, Tarrant, V. Turner, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Family Coverage Expansion Act
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
HB 1068
Status as of April 9, 2007: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Eckardt, Dwyer, Frank, George, Haddaway, McComas, Schuh, Shank, and Smigiel
- Entitled
- Consumer Health Open Insurance Coverage Act of 2007
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 1179
Status as of February 20, 2007: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Pendergrass
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Uniform Credentialing Form
- Committee
Assignments -
House: House Rules and Executive Nominations
HB 1192
Status as of March 7, 2007: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Bronrott, Lawton, Gutierrez, Waldstreicher, Barve, Dumais, Feldman, Hucker, Lee, Mizeur, Montgomery, Rice, and Taylor
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Habilitative Services - Covered Persons
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Hubbard, Hammen, Benson, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Kach, Kipke, Kullen, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Riley, Tarrant, V. Turner, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Information from and Liability of Health Insurance Carriers
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Mizeur
- Entitled
- Senior Prescription Drug Assistance Program - Modifications and Sunset Extension
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
HB 1374
Status as of March 30, 2007: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Tarrant and Kullen
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Health Reimbursement Accounts and Health Savings Accounts - Current Deductible and Account Balance Information
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Economic Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Insurance Administration, Maryland)
- Entitled
- Insurance - Analyses and Examination Reports - Use and Sharing of Documents, Materials, and Information
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators DeGrange, Garagiola, Hogan, Kasemeyer, Klausmeier, Middleton, Miller, Peters, Rosapepe, Astle, Kelley, and Pugh
- Entitled
- Task Force on Health Care Access and Reimbursement
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
SB 149
Status as of March 27, 2007: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Exum, Garagiola, Gladden, Kelley, Klausmeier, Middleton, Pipkin, Pugh, and Zirkin
- Entitled
- Maryland Health Care Access Act of 2007
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Klausmeier, Astle, Exum, and Pinsky
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Carrier Provider Panels - Nonphysician Specialists
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Conway, Exum, Garagiola, Kelley, Middleton, and Pugh
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Collection of Racial and Ethnic Data - Nondiscrimination
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Astle
- Entitled
- Health Maintenance Organizations - Reimbursement Rates of Noncontracting Providers
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senators Middleton and Astle
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Authorization of Additional Products and Small Group Administrative Discounts and Study
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Pinsky, Britt, Frosh, Gladden, and McFadden
- Entitled
- Maryland Universal Health Care Plan
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senator Klausmeier
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Clean Claims
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senators Jones, Britt, Conway, Currie, Della, Forehand, Madaleno, Pugh, and Robey
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Visits After Diagnostic or Surgical Procedure Using Anesthesia - Coverage
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senator Garagiola
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Credentialing Intermediaries and Uniform Credentialing Form
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Klausmeier
- Entitled
- Discount Medical Plan Organizations and Discount Drug Plan Organizations - Registration and Regulation
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Kittleman
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Health Care Providers - Reimbursement and Charges
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Pipkin, Jacobs, and Munson
- Entitled
- Consumer Health Open Insurance Coverage Act of 2007
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance and Budget and Taxation
SB 645
Status as of March 29, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Stoltzfus (By Request)
- Entitled
- Radiologist Assistants - Certification
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Klausmeier, Della, and Edwards
- Entitled
- Pharmacy Benefits Managers Regulation Act
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senator Astle
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Prohibited Discrimination and Rebates - Incentives for Participation in Wellness Programs and Other Exceptions
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Pipkin
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Provider Contracts - Conditions of Participation with Carriers
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Middleton
- Entitled
- Health Care Expansion Program
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
SB 893
Status as of March 27, 2007: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Astle
- Entitled
- Maryland Health Insurance Plan - Plan Independence, Board Composition, and Regulation
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Madaleno, Forehand, Lenett, and Raskin
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Habilitative Services - Covered Persons
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senators Middleton and Madaleno
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Small Group Market - Choice of Policies for Sole Proprietors
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Middleton (By Request)
- Entitled
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Information from and Liability of Health Insurance Carriers
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Finance Committee (By Request - Departmental - Insurance Administration, Maryland)
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Maryland Health Insurance Plan - Senior Prescription Drug Assistance Program - Extension of Sunset
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
SB 993
Status as of April 2, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Klausmeier and Hooper
- Entitled
- State Board of Massage Therapy Examiners - Licensure, Registration, and Regulation
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
